Sharon Strickland, BACP

Sharon Strickland is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of experience and a membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers a calm, non-judgemental way of talking through difficult feelings. Sharon focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about how to move forward.

She uses a blend of client-centred techniques, cognitive behavioural approaches, and psychodynamic ideas to shape sessions around each person's needs. That means conversations often start with what matters most now, then look at patterns of thinking and past experiences that affect day-to-day life.

Sessions aim to be practical and conversational. Sharon helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small changes, and reflect on how early relationships influence present behaviour. She keeps language plain and works at a steady pace that suits the person she is meeting.

Sharon has particular experience supporting concerns such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, trauma, relationship and family difficulties, parenting strain, anger, and coping with life changes. She also addresses related issues like attachment, body image, communication problems, and isolation.

Therapy is offered in English and delivered online by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire via the Start Therapy button and then scheduling according to availability.

How Sharon's approaches work online

Client-centred therapy is about being listened to without judgement and having the conversation follow what matters most to you. It helps when people need space to tell their story and be heard before making changes.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings and behaviour. It often involves spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical exercises to reduce anxiety, panic, or low mood.

Psychodynamic work pays attention to past experiences and relationships and how these shape feelings today. This approach can help uncover repeating patterns in relationships and behaviour that cause distress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about different ways of working and agree what to try based on your goals and preferences. It is common to use parts of more than one approach as needs evolve.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for different days and schedules. Video sessions are useful for a full face-to-face conversation, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, caring duties, or study commitments.