Sharon Anderson, BACP

Sharon Anderson helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or worn out. She speaks plainly and offers a steady presence for those facing anxiety, depression, relationship pain, grief, or parenting strain. Sharon works at a calm pace and aims to make sessions feel approachable for someone worried and short on time.

Sharon is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She also has experience practising in Jamaica and the Caribbean as an associate counselling psychologist, and holds an MSc. Her background includes work in clinics, universities, schools, churches and community settings over 24 years.

Her approach is warm and interactive. She centres the conversation on the person in front of her and adapts methods to match each situation. That means using attachment-informed ideas, client-centred listening, and cognitive tools where they help most.

Sharon also draws on techniques from dialectical behaviour ideas and relationship-focused work when appropriate. She can include creative methods such as therapeutic play if someone finds it easier to show rather than tell. The emphasis is on practical steps and clearer thinking in day-to-day life.

People come to Sharon for help with stress, trauma, addiction concerns, ADHD, intimacy and communication issues, and life transitions such as separation or relocation. She supports those coping with feelings of abandonment, guilt, emptiness or loneliness and helps build skills for steadier mood and better relationships.

Sharon invites a collaborative process. Together she and the client set goals, try techniques, and review progress so therapy fits real life and changing needs.

How Sharon's approaches translate to online therapy

Sharon uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns of trust and closeness. This helps when people struggle with abandonment, communication or intimacy problems. She also uses client-centred listening that focuses on understanding your experience and pacing sessions around what you need. Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behaviour changes to ease anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sharon will discuss which methods feel right and adjust them as you go. She aims to collaborate on goals and techniques so therapy fits your life and your preferences rather than forcing a single model.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversational feel and relationship-focused work. Phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in when bandwidth or camera use is a problem. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection, or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and travel while still using attachment, client-centred and CBT methods.