Sharon Taylor
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About me
Do you need and are you committed to making the positive change you need? To move from simply getting through life, to making the most of it? Then let's work together to make sense of those difficult feelings and barriers. Let's better understand ourselves and our relationships to lead the life we want! Let's talk!
I bring a passionate belief in our human capacity for growth. I know from experience we can realise our potential and use those painful and critical moments as a catalyst to find more enriching and satisfying lives. I would feel privileged to work alongside you on your personal journey. Together, let's find the right questions, answers and steps that enable you to move forward, to make the change you need.
A qualified and experienced Counsellor, Relational Dynamics Coach and Supervisor, I also bring many years of life experience as a mother of 3 and have worked in the development and management of services across the creativity, education and health sectors. I am now a freelancer in private practice and bring a particular interest in working with women and change and those working through relationship issues spanning childhood to present day. I can also bring insight into working with creative freelancers, and people within education and health settings.
I offer straight forward talking therapy; work creatively when words are not enough; or integrate coaching techniques when you have identified your goal and need some help to move that forward. I will provide a focused space to talk freely, without judgement, offering empathy, acceptance and a listening ear so you can feel truly heard and understood. With the right conditions in place you can then find your own solutions, insights, life balance and develop your personal self-help toolkit for a better life.
To ensure my practice is ethical and of high quality I am BACP registered and work according to the Ethical Framework of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I also maintain my professional development, striving to make my practice relevant and meaningful.
I work with a wide range of issues including:
- Anxiety or Depression
- Relationship Issues
- Domestic Abuse
- Loss & Bereavement
- Redundancy
- Work Related Stress
- Coping with Change
- Women and Change (for those specific moments in life such as becoming a parent, returning to work, empty nest, career challenges & the menopause)
I’m here to help, so take that next step towards a new beginning and get in touch by emailing me today.
Training, qualifications & experience
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Person Centred Counselling, Degree (Merit): Sunderland University
Relational Dynamics Coach: Relational Dynamics 1st/ Culture at Work ILM Centre
Post Graduate MA Cultural Management: Northumbria University
RSA ‘Counselling skills in the development of learning’: Bradford University
BA Hons Degree ‘Arts' (2/1): Loughborough University
Professional Training:
Creative Supervision - Jenny Biancardi (2017/2018)
Counselling and Related Therapeutic CPD includes:
Solution Focused Therapy
Couples Counselling
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Therapeutic Creative Writing
The Body Keeps the Score (Body Trauma)
Gestalt Therapy (NECS)
Working with Domestic Violence Training
Supporting Families & The Solihull Approach Training
Art Therapy Foundation (Leeds University)
Movement Therapy Foundation Course (Jabadao)
Creative Play Therapy - 2 Yrs VC programme (Place2be)
Hidden Harm, Substance Misuse, C&YP and Families Training 1&2 (Place2Be)
Other CPD:
Strategic Development; Change Management; Clore Leadership Programme, Action Learning (facilitator training) and Counselling Professional Development Group Work
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Women and Change
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 - £75.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£55 Face2Face Daytime and Evening (50 mins) Mon - Wed
£75 Supervision (1.5 hrs) Zoom and Face2Face Mon - Wed
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I offer flexible day time & evening appointments
