About me
Do you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward?
Are difficult experiences from the past still affecting how you feel today?
If you’re finding it hard to open up to those around you, speaking to someone outside your everyday life can offer a safe and supportive space.
My name is Sharon, and I have been a qualified counsellor for 18 years. I offer a calm, confidential, and non-judgemental environment where you can speak openly and feel truly heard.
Counselling is a collaborative process built on trust, honesty, and respect. My role is not to tell you what to do, but to support you in understanding your experiences, working through challenges, and finding your way forward.
My Therapeutic Approach
I primarily work in a person-centred way, meaning you are at the heart of each session. You are free to explore your thoughts and feelings at your own pace, helping you develop greater self-awareness and emotional understanding. This approach can be particularly helpful during times of loss, change, or when circumstances feel beyond your control.
Alongside this, I draw on a psychodynamic approach, exploring how past experiences may still influence your thoughts, feelings, and relationships today. Making sense of these patterns can be empowering and help create meaningful change.
I also incorporate cognitive techniques, which focus on identifying and challenging unhelpful thoughts and beliefs. This can support you in developing more balanced thinking, improving confidence, and managing anxiety or low self-esteem.
If you’re ready to take the first step, or simply want to explore whether counselling feels right for you, I’m here to listen.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have experience working with adults on a one-to-one basis, supporting a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties.
I have extensive experience of working with individuals who may be struggling with relationship challenges, boundaries, self-esteem, and a sense of identity. This can include difficulties in personal or family relationships, patterns of people-pleasing, or feeling stuck in unhealthy dynamics. Together, we can explore these patterns, build self-awareness, and work towards developing healthier, more empowering ways of relating to yourself and others.
My background includes working across counselling agencies, community settings, and pastoral care within a church environment. This has given me a broad understanding of the emotional and relational challenges people face, as well as the importance of feeling heard, supported, and understood.
I aim to offer a space where you can reflect openly, strengthen your sense of self, and build confidence in your own thoughts, feelings, and decisions.
Qualifications
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Certificate in Counselling Studies
- Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling
As part of my Continuing Professional Development, I regularly undertake further training and study to deepen my understanding of counselling theory, develop new techniques, and stay informed about the issues clients may bring to therapy.
Member organisations
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a 45 minute free initial consultation.
Thereafter, my fees are £50 per 1 hour session.
Concessions for those on low incomes.
When I work
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Further information
I work at home, parking is easily available.
