- Client-led sessions
- Practical coping tools
- Focus on sleep
About Sharon
Sharon McHugh is a counsellor with seven years' practical experience helping people recover from anxiety and trauma rooted in difficult upbringings. She works with clients who want to feel more like themselves and learn healthier ways to cope. Sessions are led by the client and shaped around their goals.
Sharon offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through painful memories and current struggles. Early sessions focus on what a person wants to get from counselling and on making a clear plan together. She asks questions to help understand a person's life from their point of view so patterns become clearer.
Over time Sharon helps people untangle coping habits that once felt necessary but now cause distress. This can include low self-esteem, people-pleasing, emptiness and difficulties with relationships or intimacy. She also supports issues such as stress, addiction, sleep problems and work-related strain.
Her approach combines practical techniques and a warm, person-focused style. Sharon uses methods from cognitive behavioural work, dialectical behaviour approaches, hypnotherapy and solution-focused ideas alongside client-centred listening. She explains tools clearly and practices them together with each person in session.
Sharon has worked in private practice and external agencies across the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration and continues to update her skills through ongoing professional training. To begin, she asks people to outline goals and together they decide the best steps forward.
How Sharon’s approaches translate to online counselling
Sharon commonly blends client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and elements of dialectical behaviour work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding a person's experience through their own words, helping them feel heard and make sense of their feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy adds skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anxiety, impulsivity and relationship struggles.Choosing the right approach is usually collaborative. Sharon will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then suggest ways to work together. That plan can be adjusted as therapy progresses to match what proves most helpful.
If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life - it can reduce travel, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, or avoid the need to be on camera if that helps. Registered or accredited professionals, including counsellors, can use these remote sessions to deliver the same core tools and conversations as face-to-face work, focused on practical strategies and emotional processing.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Sharon help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, life changes, ADHD, addictions, sleeping difficulties and low self esteem, among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are client-led and conversational with an open, empathetic tone. Practical exercises and reflective discussion are combined so people can try new ways of coping.
How long has she been practising?
She has seven years of counselling experience working in private practice and in external agencies in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and region are listed?
Sharon is registered with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and how much do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Sharon?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.