About Sharon
Sharon Strauss helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports those dealing with addictions, grief, intimacy issues, anger, career stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD and the strain of life changes. Sharon is a PACFA counsellor with nine years' experience working in Australia.
Sharon aims for a respectful, down-to-earth approach. She listens and adapts sessions to each person's needs. Conversations are practical and focused on small steps that fit into everyday life.
How Sharon works
She encourages realistic goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her work often looks at how attachment and past losses shape current behaviour. She draws on cognitive and acceptance-based methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to meaningful action.
Dialectical skills are used when intense emotions or impulsivity make problems harder to manage. Sessions cover a wide range of issues such as abandonment fears, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, communication problems, control issues, divorce, gender dysphoria, guilt and shame, hoarding, immigration stress, impulsivity and infidelity. Sharon takes a collaborative stance and will tailor techniques to what suits the individual.
Sharon offers online work and phone sessions alongside live chat and text options. She describes the first step as a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session. Her tone is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel safe to take the next step.
Sharon lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How Sharon's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take action even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress and making life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people change unhelpful attachment habits that affect close relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Sharon will work together with each person to see which methods fit best for their goals and preferences. She adapts techniques if something does not feel helpful and checks in regularly to refine the plan.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversation and non-verbal cues, while phone sessions can work where bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text options suit people who prefer written check-ins or need flexibility during the day. These choices make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily routines.
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