Sharon Shaw, BACP

Sharon Shaw uses a relational and person-focused approach to help people untangle difficult feelings. She combines practical techniques with attentive listening so people can make clearer sense of their relationships, emotions and behaviours. Sharon presents in a calm, straightforward way and aims to make sessions accessible for a worried parent reading on a phone.

She has ten years' experience as a psychotherapist and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sharon has also done extensive personal therapy and has worked with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma and addictions. She often supports people struggling with intimacy issues, grief, self-esteem and coping with life changes.

In sessions she blends attachment-based ideas with client-centred listening and cognitive-behavioural techniques. This means she pays attention to relationship patterns, attends closely to each person’s experience, and uses practical tools to shift unhelpful thinking. She also draws on emotionally focused approaches and hypnotherapy where these suit the goals of the work.

Sharon emphasises respect and sensitivity in therapy. She avoids fixed labels and helps people understand survival responses that developed from earlier experiences. That understanding is used to plan clearer steps forward and to reduce repeated patterns that cause distress.

Her style is warm and interactive, aiming to build self-awareness and workable coping strategies. People are invited to shape the focus of each session and to set goals that matter in day-to-day life.

How relational approaches work online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at the patterns people repeat in relationships and where those patterns began. It helps people understand how past bonds shape present reactions and is useful for intimacy, abandonment and attachment issues.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on empathic listening and working at the client's pace. It helps people feel heard and supported while they make sense of feelings like grief, low self-esteem and confusion about life changes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, offers straightforward tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleeping and coping strategies by breaking problems into manageable steps.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has helped in the past. Together they agree which methods to try and review progress as work continues.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow more visual connection, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low, and messaging can fit short check-ins or flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily commitments while keeping a consistent course of support.