About Sharon
Sharon Parke helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety and depression. She supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the pressures of work and career. Sharon also assists people facing life changes, compassion fatigue, and issues around self-esteem and identity.
Sharon works with many aspects of family life and parenting stress without running family sessions. She also focuses on matters such as domestic violence, fertility challenges, sexual assault and abuse, and women’s issues.
How Sharon works
Additional areas she addresses include control issues, guilt and shame, forgiveness, prejudice and discrimination, narcissism, and multicultural concerns. Her approach starts from the belief that each person knows their own story best. She names and builds on strengths that already exist and helps people find ways to use those strengths in everyday life.
Sessions are practical and down to earth, with straightforward steps to try between meetings. Sharon brings 17 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, which indicates professional membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She aims to make the first step less daunting by offering calm, steady support.
The process begins with listening carefully to what matters most and then deciding together on small, manageable goals. Sharon helps people sort priorities, practise new ways of coping and repair things that have been damaged by stress and trauma. The focus is on real-world change that fits into busy lives.
She offers sessions in English and uses a range of online formats to suit different needs. People who want to start can follow the site steps to match with her and plan sessions around their schedules.
What Sharon works with
The areas below are the ones Sharon selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical therapeutic approaches for online support
Sharon uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical work. One common approach is structured problem-solving that helps break big issues into small, manageable steps and teaches coping skills for stress and anxiety. This approach is useful when everyday tasks and decisions feel overwhelming.Another approach she uses emphasises stabilisation and safety after trauma. It teaches grounding and self-soothing techniques, helps reduce flashbacks and intense reactions, and builds steady routines that support recovery. This is aimed at people who need steadying before they explore deeper events.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then agree on a plan. This is a collaborative process and the plan can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls allow discussion with visual contact, phone sessions can fit a short break at work or use less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging suits those who prefer writing or need quick check-ins. These options make it easier to keep continuity and build lasting habits while working around daily commitments.
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