Sharon Matharu

Sharon Matharu is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She trained as a person-centred practitioner and has spent decades teaching, which shapes her clear and supportive style. Sharon aims to make the first step feel manageable for people who are worn down by stress, anxiety or difficult relationships.

She works with a wide range of concerns including depression, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and intimacy-related issues. Sharon also supports people facing parenting pressures, career changes, eating and body image issues, and struggles linked to identity such as LGBT concerns. She lists additional focuses like attachment and abandonment, ageing and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, and family of origin problems.

In sessions she keeps the tone straightforward and non-judgemental. Conversations are shaped around what the person wants to address, and she adapts methods to fit those needs. Sharon draws on client-centred ideas alongside cognitive behavioural approaches, mindfulness and solution-focused techniques.

Her practice is practical and goal-aware. She helps people spot patterns that cause pain and then works with them to try new ways of thinking or acting. This can include short-term strategies to manage anxiety or longer conversations about repeating relationship patterns.

People who prefer a calm, respectful listener who also offers practical tools often find her approach useful. If you want to talk through difficult feelings and find steps forward, Sharon offers straightforward support and practical guidance.

How Sharon’s approaches translate to online counselling

Sharon uses a client-centred way of working that focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. This approach helps create space to talk about feelings, relationship patterns and difficult experiences in a calm, non-judgemental way.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together. CBT offers simple, practical techniques to test unhelpful thinking and try small behavioural changes, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then agree on which methods to try. That decision is shared and can change as progress is made.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can help fit therapy into everyday life by removing travel time, making it easier to schedule around work or family, and by allowing shorter check-ins when people need them. Discussing practical arrangements at the start helps make sessions suit each person's needs.