Sharon Anderson
Compassionate counsellor for life and relationship struggles
BACP United Kingdom
- Experience
- 24 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Sharon
Sharon Anderson is a British counsellor with 24 years of practice experience. She aims to make the first steps easier for people who are worried, overwhelmed or unsure.
Background and approach
Her manner is warm and accepting, and she moves at each person's pace. She draws on a range of approaches to match what a person needs.
Sessions are client-centred and interactive, with practical techniques offered when useful. Sharon also uses ideas from attachment work and the Gottman Method where those approaches fit the issue.
Her background includes work across clinical settings, universities, schools, churches and community services. That variety shaped how she responds to stress, grief, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting struggles and the challenges that follow major life changes.
Sharon has training and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She also holds a Master of Science and practised in Jamaica and the Caribbean, which informs her understanding of cross-cultural and diaspora concerns.
Therapy can include conversational work, practical coping skills, and creative options at request, such as therapeutic play. Sharon adapts sessions to each person's background and needs and aims to tailor a plan that feels workable.
She welcomes people who are dealing with trauma, addiction, ADHD, attachment worries, career stress, compassion fatigue and related issues. The focus is on helping people find clearer ways to manage feelings, rebuild connections and move forward.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Sharon commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy, which looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how past bonds affect current feelings and reactions; this can be useful for intimacy, abandonment and communication issues. She also works with the Gottman Method ideas to help people notice interaction patterns and learn practical ways to improve connection and manage conflict. Client-Centred Therapy is another core strand where sessions focus on the person's own goals, with the counsellor following their pace and priorities.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sharon collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. She will try different ways of working and adapt plans based on how the client responds.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quicker check-ins and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats offer flexibility for people with busy schedules, travel constraints or those living abroad while still allowing regular therapeutic contact.
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Experience
24+ years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English