Sharon Belshaw

Sharon Belshaw is a counsellor with 15 years' experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns and issues around intimacy and body image. She also helps with grief, addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, career worries, compassion fatigue and the strain of caregiver roles. Sharon lists Women's issues among her areas of focus and works in the United Kingdom.

Her style is warm and engaging. She adapts sessions to fit life demands like childcare, caring responsibilities and work. Sharon uses practical talking therapy alongside structured techniques to help people manage symptoms and make changes that matter day to day.

Sharon trained in person-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR). She also uses hypnotherapy and trauma-focused work where appropriate. Her approach draws on research and continuing professional development to shape sessions and treatment choices.

Across her career she has worked in GP practices, education, a brain injury centre, corporate settings and the third sector. She has held clinical lead roles and currently serves as CEO of an organisation, and has won a Health and Social Care award and published in a national journal.

Sharon is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Sharon uses cognitive behavioural therapy, EMDR and trauma-focused methods to help people address distressing memories, mood and day-to-day symptoms. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical skills to reduce anxiety and low mood. Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) helps people process traumatic memories so they feel less overwhelming. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on understanding the impact of trauma and building strategies to regain safety and routine.

Choosing an approach is a shared process. Sharon will work with each person to decide which method fits their needs, goals and comfort. That may mean starting with conversational work, adding structured CBT tasks, or introducing EMDR or hypnotherapy as sessions progress.

If you are considering online sessions, check the current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, such as squeezing a session into a lunch break, reducing travel time, or using a shorter check-in when bandwidth is limited. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly use online methods to continue care when face-to-face meetings are not practical, and Sharon will discuss what will work best for each person during the matching and scheduling process.