Reclaim your passion, purpose and peace
Specialist online trauma therapy
Healing From Childhood & Adult Trauma — Relational, Betrayal, Narcissistic Abuse & Loss
It's time to come home to yourself
beyond words: a transformational path to deeper healing
Sharon Nicholson
Reg. MBACP (Accred)
- Trauma Therapist
- Therapeutic Counsellor
- ICF Certified Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach
- Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™️
No longer a ghost in your own life®️
Years of walking on eggshells, carrying invisible pain, or surviving a single shattering moment can leave you feeling stuck, unseen, or not enough.
If you have lived through trauma, antagonistic relationships or profound loss, you know this feeling all too well.
Through personalised trauma-informed sessions or intensive therapy, I help you release what weighs you down, reclaim the parts of yourself that feel lost or scattered, and begin living with greater ease, confidence, and joy.
“Trauma is … what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you.”
— Gabor Maté
Client testimonial
~ Published with consent and anonymised to preserve confidentiality
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Your body remembers
Emotional pain leaves an imprint, not only in your mind, but in your body. It shapes your thoughts, impacts your relationships, and influences how you show up in the world.
You might not call it trauma.
But your body remembers.
Moments when your voice was silenced.
When your needs were dismissed.
When your trust or heart was broken.
These experiences don’t just disappear. They are often carried deep in the body - held as tension, shame, or unspoken weight.
This is where a somatic, trauma-informed approach can make a meaningful difference...
Therapy with brainspotting
Evolved out of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), Brainspotting is a contemporary therapeutic approach that helps you gently access and process experiences that may feel stuck or unresolved.
In our sessions, we combine trauma-informed therapy with Brainspotting - You'll always have space to share your story, while also using this powerful modality to gently process what words alone can't reach.
If traditional talk therapy hasn’t provided the relief you need, or you simply want a deeper way to process trauma, Brainspotting helps you access what's held in the body, calm the nervous system, and restore a sense of safety and wholeness.
Whether your experiences are recent or from long ago, and whether you’re navigating trauma, Post Traumatic Stress, or Complex Post Traumatic Stress, you get to choose what feels the most supportive for you.
Is this where you are?
You've tried hard. You're intelligent, independent, you’ve read, reflected, talked, journaled... but something still lingers.
Do any of these feel familiar to you?
- You're on the edge of burnout, keeping busy to distract yourself from uncomfortable or intrusive thoughts, emotions, or memories, and procrastinating on what truly matters.
- You people-please: apologise unnecessarily, fear making mistakes or disappointing others, or over-explain yourself.
- You struggle to ask for help or delegate, carrying everything on your own even when it’s exhausting.
- You feel like a shadow of your former self, or that you're “too much” or “not enough”, needing to be perfect to be accepted.
- You find it hard to relax, rest, or enjoy quiet moments without guilt, shame or tension.
If any of this resonates, you are not alone. This is where you are, not who you are, and you deserve to heal.
Meet me
I’m Sharon, and for over 19 years, I’ve had the privilege to support people through profound healing. I understand what it's like to feel lost in your own life, struggling to connect with yourself and others in the way that you'd want, and to be haunted by past experiences or painful relationships.
My professional background is rooted in over a decade of specialist counselling experience. I have worked in Womens Refuge, Further and Higher education, and I spent 10 years as a BACP Accredited Senior Counsellor in the NHS, where I specialised in Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD).
Today, I work exclusively in private practice online, offering specialist trauma therapy. My approach is designed to help you move beyond self-limiting beliefs, ease emotional pain, and release the physical stress that trauma can create.
My approach
My approach is trauma-informed, body-mind oriented and informed by neuroscience, drawing on Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Practices and Internal Family Systems (IFS), with Brainspotting at the very heart of my work.
Many people I work with feel stuck in self-doubt or struggle with inner critic voices that leave them questioning their worth, their choices, or their capacity to be themselves.
I've seen, time and time again, just how effective Brainspotting can be in helping people process and work with memories, beliefs, and emotions that continue to shape their lives long after deeply impacting experiences.
Some clients benefit from the steady rhythm of weekly or fortnightly sessions, while others find focused Brainspotting Intensives a powerful way to make deeper shifts in a shorter time - Whichever you choose, the goal is the same: to help you gently ease tension and reconnect with your vitality, confidence, and sense of self.
Who do i work with?
If any of these feel familiar, my approach may be a good fit:
- You hold it all together - successful, capable, the one everyone relies on - but inside, you feel lost or adrift.
- You struggle to trust yourself, or others, you push people away or find it hard to let anyone in.
- You carry tension or heaviness in your body: tight muscles, headaches, fatigue, palpitations, restless sleep, or autoimmune symptoms.
- You’ve experienced profound loss - of identity, a relationship, a loved one, your health, or the life you imagined.
- You feel as if someone or something has stolen your joy and motivation, leaving you disconnected from the life you want to be living - personally or professionally.
- You are intuitive, curious, and open to exploring your body-mind connection, ready for more than just coping - You want to feel confident, grounded, and free to live as your true self, not defined by old roles, wounds, or expectations.
It can feel uncomfortable after always putting others first, but investing in yourself can open a whole new world for you - and you absolutely deserve it.
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