About Sharon
Sharon Boyd is a counsellor who uses somatic work alongside talking therapies to help people manage stress and anxiety. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed approaches and practical cognitive methods. Sharon aims for respectful, sensitive support that honours each person's experience.
She has 13 years of professional experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. Sharon matches the style and pace of sessions to what feels safe for each person.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on manageable steps rather than overwhelming change. Typical concerns she helps with include trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression and issues related to LGBT identity. She also works with a wide range of related difficulties such as attachment worries, body image, caregiver stress and dissociation.
Her approach blends body-focused awareness with evidence-informed talking techniques. That can include noticing physical reactions, learning grounding skills, and testing out new ways of responding to difficult thoughts and feelings. Sharon frames therapy as a collaborative process.
She listens first, then helps people set clear, achievable goals. Practical tools and short-term skills sit alongside deeper exploration when that feels helpful.
How somatic and talking approaches work online
Sharon uses somatic work to help people notice how stress and emotions show up in the body. That might mean learning simple grounding techniques, tracking tension patterns, or using breath and movement to shift nervous system responses. These tools can help with anxiety, trauma and emotional overwhelm.She also relies on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which teaches practical skills for accepting difficult thoughts and focusing on valued action. ACT helps people clarify what matters and take small steps even when feelings are hard. Attachment-Informed therapy is used to look at patterns in relationships and how they affect mood and safety; this can be useful for attachment worries, trust issues and communication problems.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. That means adjusting exercises, pace and the balance between body-based and talking techniques over time.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which adds flexibility for busy schedules or remote locations. These formats make it easier to practise skills between sessions and to receive ongoing support in ways that fit daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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