Sharon Shaw

Sharon Shaw is a psychotherapist with a warm, interactive style. She holds a BACP credential and brings ten years of clinical experience to her work. Sharon writes plainly and helps people reflect on patterns that cause distress, including dynamics linked to narcissistic behaviour. She combines several approaches when tailoring sessions to each person. Conversations look at how thoughts, early relationships and emotions shape present reactions. Sharon uses cognitive-behavioural ideas alongside attachment-based and emotion-focused material to help people recognise survival patterns and try new ways of relating. Her background includes extensive personal therapy and a strong interest in relational dynamics. She has worked with people affected by sexual, emotional and physical abuse, infidelity, addiction and depression. Sharon also supports those facing grief, parenting strain, career pressures and challenges such as body image, ADHD and codependency. Sessions are conducted with respect, sensitivity and compassion. Sharon avoids fixed labels and focuses on what each person brings to the room. She aims to help people make sense of stuck emotions, reduce distress, and build clearer choices around behaviour and relationships. Outside clinical work she has written about her own journey and how self-awareness can free people from survival modes. Her experience informs a practical, down-to-earth approach that balances challenge with support.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Sharon draws on attachment-based work to look at how early bonds influence current relationships; this helps people understand why they react strongly in certain situations. She also uses client-centred principles, which focus on listening, empathy and following what the person wants to explore. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try practical changes in behaviour. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Sharon works collaboratively to decide what fits each person’s goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as work progresses. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, letting people attend from different locations and avoid travel time. It can also allow a quicker check-in between in-person appointments or make it simpler to access therapy while living abroad. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online or in-person options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals often use remote sessions to support continuity of care and to help clients build new coping strategies that translate into day-to-day life.