About Sharan
Sharan Thiara is a BACP counsellor who offers a calm, non-judgemental presence for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction or loss. She works in a straightforward, human way so clients can talk through what matters most. Sessions aim to help people feel steadier and more able to manage day-to-day challenges.
Sharan draws on somatic ideas alongside psychological therapies to help the body and mind settle together. She also uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy when helpful.
Background and approach
This blend lets her adapt sessions to each person's needs and pace. Sharan has seven years of professional experience and practises in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation, which is recorded as BACP in her profile.
She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. People meet with Sharan by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. She describes her way of working as calm and gentle, aiming to keep clients grounded while they face difficult memories or changes.
Practical tools and simple exercises often form part of the work. Starting therapy involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session. Sharan aims to create a respectful space where people can be honest about struggles and explore new ways of coping that fit their life.
How somatic and psychological approaches work online
Sharan combines somatic-informed work with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based approaches to support emotional and bodily regulation. Somatic-informed work pays attention to bodily sensations and gentle physical grounding to help with stress and trauma symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and practical actions to reduce avoidance and build a meaningful life despite difficult thoughts and feelings. Attachment-Based work looks at patterns from early relationships and how they affect current connections and emotional safety.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through your goals and preferences and suggest which methods might fit best. Sessions can blend different approaches over time so the work stays relevant to what you need in the moment.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and travel. They also allow for brief check-ins between sessions when helpful, and they let people access therapeutic support from wherever they are based.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English