Sharon Strickland, BACP

Sharon Strickland trained as a counsellor and works from a person-focused perspective. She brings four years of professional experience and holds BACP, which denotes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sharon aims to offer a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what feels hard and find clearer ways to cope. Her approach blends several counselling methods to fit the person in front of her. Sessions focus on listening first, then helping people clarify feelings and practical steps to manage them. She draws on client-centred work to build trust, cognitive behavioural ideas to address unhelpful thinking, and psychodynamic themes to look at patterns that repeat over time. Sharon lists a wide range of issues she works with, including stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, career difficulties, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment issues, body image, communication and control problems, domestic violence and family problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, panic and phobias, self-harm, social anxiety, and young adult issues. In sessions she aims for a warm and empathic tone. Conversations are collaborative and paced to the individual. Practical tools and reflective dialogue are used alongside exploration of past experiences when helpful. Prospective clients are invited to choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

How these approaches can help online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The therapist offers empathic support and helps people talk through feelings so they can make their own decisions about change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviours keep problems going and teaches practical techniques to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and tackle phobias and panic. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to past patterns and relationships that may influence current feelings and reactions, helping people notice repeating themes and make different choices. Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about problems, goals and preferences and then try methods that suit the person. Decisions about what to focus on are made collaboratively and can shift as needs change. Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not specify them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They can also allow sessions without being on camera if that helps, or allow a quieter environment that suits the person. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote work so progress continues between sessions.