About me
Trauma-Informed Therapist specialising in Relational Trauma, Betrayal & Narcissistic Abuse | Brainspotting & Parts-Informed Therapy
Hi, I'm Sharon
I work with individuals who are capable and high-functioning on the outside, yet feel unsettled, self-doubting, or emotionally reactive due to relational trauma, betrayal, or emotionally manipulative relationships, including narcissistic abuse.
I offer therapy intensives and 90-minute sessions in a warm, attuned, and carefully contained space. Using Brainspotting, parts-informed therapy, and somatic relational approaches, I support clients to gently access and integrate trauma patterns, restore self-trust, and feel steadier in themselves.
This work is for those who feel stuck despite insight, struggle with rumination or emotional overwhelm, and value depth, relational safety, and focused, embodied healing.
Sessions are bespoke, paced to support safety, and designed to create lasting change.
Location: UK-based, online. Initial consultation required.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have listed my most relevant trainings here, please see my website for further information:
- Brainspotting Practitioner - Advanced Phases 1-4
- Speciality Brainspotting training in Intensives and Expansion
- Narcissistic Trauma Informed Coach
- Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™️
- Somatic Trauma Informed Coach™️
- Complex Trauma Certification Training Levels 1 & 2 (CCTP / CCTP - II )
- Accredited & Registered member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)
- Member of ACTO - Association for Counselling and Therapy Online
- Registered with the Professional Standards Authority Register (no. 019950)
- Certified Rewind Technique Practitioner (PTSD) - International Association for Rewind Trauma Therapy - British Psychological Society Approved (BPS)
- Certified Bereavement Counsellor
- Certified Online and Telephone Counsellor
- Certificate in Essential Supervision Skills - British Psychological Society Approved (BPS)
- Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression Supervisor - Metanoia Institute, London
- Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression Practitioner (PCE-CfD) - Metanoia Institute, London
- BACP Accreditation Status (continuous since 2009)
- Diploma in Counselling Children and Adolescents - Iron Mill Institute, Exeter
- Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling - Weymouth College
- VRQ Certificate in Youth work - DYCS, Dorset County Council
- CPCAB Certificate in Counselling Studies - Weymouth College
- CPCAB Certificate in Counselling Skills Weymouth College
- CACDP British Sign Language Level 1 - Weymouth Adult Learning Centre
Alongside my Private Practice, my counselling work has also included;
- Counselling in NHS Primary Care (IAPT) (10 yrs) (High Intensity, Senior Counsellor)
- GP Surgeries - Dorset
- Professional Help - Bereavement Counselling specialists
- Local Business - Counselling for employees
- National Agencies & Charity Organisations
- RUSS (Trauma - Road User Support Service)
- Further Education Senior Counsellor at Weymouth College
- Higher Education Bournemouth University - Counselling for students
- Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP’s) Counselling for employees
- Women’s Refuge (4yrs) - Domestic Abuse Counselling
- Counselling Supervisor for CfD counsellors and Humanistic counsellors with a Person-Centred, Experiential, core practice.
Additional work:
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I have facilitated 'Pattern Changing' courses for women who have experienced Domestic Abuse - a specialist training with Dorset County Council & BCHA.
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Previous to my career as a counsellor, I held a portfolio lead position with The Dorset Youth & Community Service. Managing a county-wide team.
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I created and facilitated a personal and social development project for young people in further education - Children's Services, Dorset County Council (2005-2010)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I also offer Rewind Trauma Therapy for single event trauma
Therapies offered
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Fees
£180.00 per session
Additional information
- Free 20 minute clarity call
- Therapy Intensives are my speciality and offered if you feel ready for deeper processing: 3-hour sessions over 2 or 3 days with a 90-minute follow up session
- 90-minute deep processing sessions also available
Please see my website for more information and investment
www.sharon-nicholson.com
You are not broken, you are wounded, and wounds can heal.
When I work
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Further information
90-minute Individual sessions or deeper processing therapy intensives
For further information about myself and my specialist trauma work, please see my full website
