Sharon Strickland

Sharon Strickland is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who aims to help people manage pressure, overwhelming feelings and difficult life changes. She holds BACP accreditation, and brings four years of practice to sessions. Sharon uses a friendly, down-to-earth approach so people feel heard and understood from the first conversation.

Her style is warm and non-judgemental. She listens closely and works with each person to make sense of what they are feeling. Sharon adapts different counselling ideas to fit what a person needs at the time rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

Sharon commonly supports people with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She also helps those dealing with relationship and family issues, parenting strains, trauma and abuse, anger, career choices and wider life transitions. Additional focuses include attachment issues, body image, communication and control problems, and coping with guilt or shame.

In practice she combines client-centred listening with practical tools and reflection. Cognitive behavioural ideas can be used to break unhelpful thought patterns, while psychodynamic thinking helps people spot long-standing patterns that affect current life. Sessions aim to balance short-term coping strategies with deeper understanding.

Sharon works with young adults and adults and offers supervision to other counsellors. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How different counselling approaches can work online

Sharon draws on client-centred work and cognitive behavioural ideas to guide online sessions. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement, helping people to find their own answers and feel accepted. It suits people who need space to be heard and to build confidence in their choices.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, panic, phobias, low mood and anger by teaching tools to manage reactions and test new ways of coping.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit those aims. Decisions about pace and techniques are made collaboratively throughout therapy.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the currently offered session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, for example by saving travel time, allowing shorter check-ins, or offering a way to attend when work or childcare makes scheduling difficult. Registered or accredited professionals can tailor the practical arrangements to help therapy slot into a busy routine.