RECLAIM YOUR PASSION, YOUR PURPOSE & YOUR PEACE
NO LONGER A GHOST IN YOUR OWN LIFE®️
Trauma Therapist
BACP Accredited Counsellor
Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach
Trauma Therapist
BACP Accredited Counsellor
Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach
You’ve always held it together—calm, capable, strong, quietly achieving, outwardly successful, but inside, you’re worn out, anxious, like you’re always bracing for something, stuck in a loop you can't seem to break.
Maybe there was a clear betrayal. Maybe it was subtle—years of being unseen, unheard, or putting yourself last. You might not call it trauma, but your body does. It remembers.
Without realising, you’ve learned to stay small, to please, to stay safe, but now, you’re ready for something different.
You're ready to process and release what's truly keeping you stuck.
You're ready to feel safe in your body. To understand and speak your truth. To stop surviving and start being.
This isn’t about fixing you. It’s about coming home to yourself.
This is your turning point.
Trauma Therapy | Brainspotting
Betrayal Trauma | Antagonistic Relationship & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery | Stress | Burnout
"Sharon has a gift and has helped me to get my life back. When opportunities come along I am starting to say 'yes' instead of 'no' and I am finally living my life in colour again after 30 years in black and white!"
~ Published with consent and anonymised to preserve confidentiality
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Sometimes it’s a single moment that turns your world upside down; a loss, a diagnosis, a betrayal, other times, it’s the quiet build-up of pain over the years; relationships that left you questioning your worth, moments of hurt no one saw, emotions you were taught to hide.
Whatever the shape or story, however long ago it was, emotional pain leaves an imprint. It can show up in your body, your thoughts, your relationships, or simply in the way you move through the world
- Trauma has no sense of time.
People usually find me when they're ready for change. When they're ready to go deep and heal at the source of what's been holding them back and keeping them stuck. When they're ready to heal and reclaim their life.
We’ll gently listen to what your body has held for too long. We don't always need words. We’ll untangle the perfectionism, the people-pleasing, the grief and fear beneath the surface— not to relive it, but to release it, so you can have the opportunity to finally rest, feel safe, and come home to who you truly are.
People seek therapy at different times for different reasons.
For many, emotional overwhelm or burnout is the breaking point, not just burnout from work, but from years of holding everything together. Unresolved stress, unspoken trauma, and a lifetime of pushing past limits catches up.
Feeling overwhelmed or burnt out can feel like a personal failure, but it’s not. It’s a signal of misalignment and an invitation for care, attention and for a return to what's true.
It's the beginning of healing, of reconnection, of coming home to yourself.
When our experiences have hit hard, we often need a little bit more than just traditional talk therapy, and so alongside talking, I offer body-mind practices of Brainspotting and Focusing to enhance your healing process and help your body to find some calm.
Brainspotting is a form of focused mindfulness, targeting deeply rooted issues in the brain and body that might take a long time get to in traditional talk therapy, if at all.
Focusing is a gentle, body-based practice that helps you tune into a deeper inner sense of knowing. It supports emotional clarity, healing, and personal insight by guiding attention to what's just beneath the surface.
These intuitive, experiential sessions are designed to help you release emotional weight and calm your nervous system. We’ll focus on what’s stuck, not to relive it, but to help it shift—so you can begin to feel more present, more grounded, and more you.
We can't avoid experiencing emotional pain, but we can reduce our suffering by choosing how we respond to it, and we do not have to do it alone.
If something in you is saying it’s time to feel lighter, calmer, create space for more joy, or to feel more like yourself again—I’m here to support you in coming home home to yourself. You don’t have to have the right words or a clear plan. Just a willingness to take the first step.
You’re welcome to book a free 20-minute consultation to see if this feels like the right fit. We’ll talk, no pressure—just a quiet space to ask questions and get a feel for how we might work together.
You deserve to heal.
"I don’t know where I would be without these sessions.
Best decision I’ve ever made. Thank you!!"
~ Published with consent and anonymised to preserve confidentiality
Healing isn’t about “fixing” you—because you’re not broken. It’s about meeting the parts of you that haven't been given the space to be heard, felt, or witnessed, so that they can release what they are holding.
I know how hard some life experiences can hit, the conflicting thoughts and painful, tangled feelings that can arise, the physical impact and the deep level of loneliness that can be felt.
Like so many others, I have experienced painful experiences and trauma in my life, including the trauma of narcissistic abuse. Living with a chronic health condition, I deeply appreciate the contentious relationship that we can have with diagnosis, our bodies, with others and with our ourselves as we learn to take back our lives.
I know the desire to do it all ourselves, to figure it out quietly, to not need anyone, but no matter how hard any of us try, we cannot do it alone.
This is why I’m so passionate about the work I do. Healing asks for honesty, tenderness, and the kind of permission we rarely get—full permission to feel what we actually feel, even when it's messy or doesn't make sense.
As a body-mind focused therapist with over 19 years experience with working with a diverse range of clients, including 10 years in the NHS specialising in Counselling for Depression, I've trained extensively to bring you the some of the most effective therapies for healing our inner wounds.
I love to offer Brainspotting to my clients because I've seen how powerful it can be in helping us to find our way out of cycles we've become stuck in and release what feels so heavy; what's often been too overwhelming to name.
When we are seeking healing from deeply impacting life experiences, an experiential, holistic approach can be transformational.
If now feels like the right time for you to make changes in your life, just fill in the contact form and we can schedule a relaxed chat to help you take the next steps.
There is no one-size-fits-all therapy, so you get to choose the therapist and the approach that feels right for you.
My aim is to meet you exactly where you are, helping you to become curious and self-compassionate as you find ways to make the shifts you need.
My practice is informed by Neuroscience ~ Positive Psychology ~ Focusing ~ Internal Family Systems (IFS) ~ Compassion Focused Therapy ~ Person-Centred Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD), Rewind Therapy (RT), and the Neuroexperiential model of Brainspotting.
My compassionate approach is person-centred, collaborative and deeply validating.
Professional Qualifications:
You can see more of my specialist trainings here
I am a trained Brainspotting Practitioner ~ Phase 4
Brainspotting evolved from EMDR and is a gentle yet powerful modality that helps us heal deeply, supporting better nervous system regulation, stress relief, trauma recovery, and burnout support.
It can help create space for growth and balance in both your personal and professional life.
I am an ICF Certified Narcissistic Trauma Informed Coach and a Narcissistic Abuse Specialist ™
Narcissistic abuse is trauma, and we need more than talking and time to heal from trauma; it also means reconnecting to our bodies.
You deserve to heal, to reconnect to who you truly are and to live fully and unapologetically as you are.
Healing the pain of betrayal
Betrayal trauma can result from broken trust not only in intimate relationships, but also with parents, friends, a community, and many other relationships where we relied on that person for safety, love or support.
You deserve to release the pain you still carry, you deserved better.
Finding your way out of overwhelm
Chronic stress and burnout can affect our mood, energy, relationships and daily life. We will likely be impacted body, mind and spirit, and so body-mind focused therapy can help us to better understand what's really happened to us, find our recovery, and regain balance.
You deserve to find your nervous system reset and your way back to who you truly are.
When we trust those inner whisperings that are nudging us towards something better, we are listening to our own voice. When you are ready, I'd love to hear from you. Warmly Sharon
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