
Sharon Sheppard

About me
You may be troubled by past events or fearful of the future. It may that you are seeking to understand where you are today or feel adrift. Anxiety, depression, trauma, phobia’s, addictions, families, employment and bereavements affect us all in different ways.
As an experienced integrative counsellor, I offer a safe, empathic space, for us to build a therapeutic relationship, where you feel able to explore the fears and challenges that are troubling you, in a way that respects your understanding of life.
I believe that we all have the capacity to move beyond the holds of past experiences and to address our fears for the future, leading to a more satisfied and confident life.
Coming to counselling may provoke fear as we contemplate sharing difficulties, as a registered accredited Counsellor I am bound by the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions. This ensures that you are my primary concern when we are working together, I will maintain professional standards, show you respect and build a working relationship with you. At all times, I will maintain integrity and be accountable for the work we undertake.
My integrative training means that I have studied and evaluated many different counselling theories and can draw on this knowledge to ensure that you are fully supported and understand the work we do.
Training, qualifications & experience
PG Certificate in Clinical Supervision - University of Derby
BA (Hons) Counselling- University of Winchester
HE Diploma Counselling- University of Southampton
PG Certificate Substance Misuse and Mental Health (Dual Diagnosis)-Middlesex University
Post Graduate Studies in Psychotherapy & Mental Health, Developmental Research and the Transpersonal- Peter Symonds College
Providing Good Clinical Supervision – The Association for Psychological Therapies
Supervision Training Course – Cruse Bereavement Care
PTLLS Level 4 Teaching Award - City & Guild
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- ADHD
- Affairs and betrayals
- Alcoholism
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Attachment disorder
- Autism
- Bereavement
- Bipolar disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career counselling
- Carer support
- Child related issues
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Dependent personality disorder
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Discrimination
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Gambling
- Gender dysphoria
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Hearing voices
- Histrionic personality disorder
- HIV/AIDS
- Infertility
- Learning difficulties
- Loneliness
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Pregnancy and birth
- Psychosis
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Sex problems
- Sexual abuse
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
Therapies offered
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Fees
Counselling – Initial Session (30 minutes) Free
Counselling - Subsequent Sessions (50 minutes) £40.00
Supervision – Individual Session (60 minutes) £40.00
Maps & Directions
Type of session
Online counselling: | No |
Telephone counselling: | Yes |
Face to face counselling: | Yes |
Home visits: | No |
Practical details
Sign language: | No |
Other languages: | None |
Availability
08:00 to 20:00 Monday to Friday Weekend appointments by arrangement
Types of client
Young people |
Adults |
Older adults |
Organisations |
Employee Assistance Programme |
Supervision & training
Supervision for therapist is essential to ensure safe and ethical practice.
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