Sharon Parke, BACP

Sharon Parke helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. She supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the strain of life changes. She also works with people affected by workplace issues, compassion fatigue, and identity-based struggles such as LGBT and multicultural concerns.

Sharon follows a practical, strengths-based way of working. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and looks for what already helps. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that build confidence over time. Sharon aims to create a steady, respectful space for people to talk things through.

Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address emotional pain and behavioural patterns. She uses straightforward tools to manage anxiety, process grief, and respond to trauma. Conversations often include skill-building for coping, managing control issues, and repairing self-esteem.

Sharon has 17 years of experience practising in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. That background has included supporting people through fertility struggles, domestic violence aftermath, sexual assault and abuse, and workplace stress. She also focuses on concerns like guilt, shame, narcissistic dynamics, and prejudice-related harm.

Practical matters such as scheduling and session format are handled openly. Sharon offers therapy by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. She invites people to make the first move and start a conversation about what they want to change.

Practical therapeutic approaches for online care

Sharon draws on well-established, evidence-based techniques to help people manage symptoms and process difficult experiences. One approach focuses on building practical coping skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress. This involves teaching breathing and grounding methods, pacing tasks, and simple behavioural steps to lower day-to-day overwhelm.

Another common strand of work helps people process trauma and painful memories in a paced way. The work aims to reduce intrusive memories and decrease avoidance by gently revisiting experiences, identifying unhelpful patterns, and practising new responses that feel safer and more manageable.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sharon will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and life situation. She adjusts pacing and tools as progress is made and priorities change.

Online therapy with Sharon is offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, chat works well for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and travel commitments while keeping consistent progress.