- EMDR
- CBT
- Hypnotherapy
About Sharon
Sharon Belshaw is a counsellor and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with 15 years of experience in clinical and managerial roles. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues and guilt and shame. She also supports those coping with career changes, sleep and eating issues, and compassion fatigue.
Sharon has worked in GP practices, schools, a brain injury centre, corporate settings and the third sector. She has experience leading clinical services and currently works as a chief executive in an organisation after serving as a clinical lead. Her background includes delivering management consultations and coaching staff on workplace and life matters as well as providing therapy.
Her approach draws on cognitive behavioural techniques, trauma-focused work and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing. She also uses hypnotherapy where appropriate. In sessions she aims to be practical and adaptable, fitting work around childcare and caring commitments when needed.
Sharon keeps her practice informed by ongoing professional development and by using research to guide her methods. She has received a Health and Social Care award and has published an article in a national journal. These activities inform the way she plans and reviews therapeutic work.
People choosing to work together can expect a professional who combines direct therapeutic skills with experience of managing services and coaching staff. This background shapes how she structures sessions and supports people through complex life and emotional challenges.
How Sharon uses therapy methods online
Sharon uses cognitive behavioural therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes in thinking and behaviour. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood changes, panic and day-to-day coping skills.She also works with eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, which involves structured processing of traumatic memories to reduce their emotional intensity. EMDR is aimed at people who carry distress from past events, including sexual trauma and abuse.
Finding the right approach is part of how she works. She discusses goals and preferences with each person and together they decide which method or combination to try. That collaborative plan can change as progress is reviewed.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed and reduce travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises such as CBT worksheets, EMDR protocols and some hypnotherapy steps to a remote setting when appropriate.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy issues and guilt and shame among other areas.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses cognitive behavioural techniques, trauma-focused work and EMDR, and may include hypnotherapy. Sessions are described as practical and adaptable to life demands.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working in GP practices, educational settings, a brain injury centre, corporate settings and the third sector, and has held clinical lead and executive roles.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.