About Sharon
Sharon Boyd is a counsellor who uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress and anxiety. She works with clients on grief, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues related to LGBT identities. Sharon has been practising for 13 years and draws on clear, person-focused methods in sessions.
Sharon begins by listening to what matters most to each person. She shapes conversations and plans around real-life goals. Sessions are straightforward and focused on small, doable steps.
Background and approach
People can expect a calm tone and plain language rather than clinical jargon. Her work often includes addressing attachment concerns and patterns that affect relationships. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care experiences, and challenges linked to autism and attachment differences.
Sharon helps clients name patterns and try new ways of responding. Approaches she draws on include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. These methods are used flexibly alongside client-centred and attachment-based ideas to suit each person.
The aim is to reduce unhelpful habits and increase meaningful action. Sharon offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. She explains options and lets people choose the pace that suits them.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make it easier by offering steady support and practical tools.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions based on what matters to them. It is useful for anxiety, stress and value-based goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and teaches straightforward strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with depression and anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sharon will help clients decide which methods to try based on their needs, goals and preferences. That process is collaborative and may include trying different techniques to see what fits best.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is good for a fuller conversational session, phone can work when lower bandwidth is needed, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging allows ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel or family life while keeping the focus on practical progress and steady support.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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