About Sharan
Sharan Thiara is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and relationship concerns. She also supports those coping with trauma, grief, intimacy issues and struggles around self-esteem. Sharan works in a calm, gentle manner and aims to make the first step into therapy feel less daunting.
She uses a humanistic and integrative outlook, drawing on several evidence-informed approaches to match what each person needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical conversations, learning skills to manage intense feelings, and looking at patterns that get in the way of wellbeing. The work is paced to what feels manageable for the individual. With seven years of practice, Sharan has experience supporting people through life changes, parenting strain, career stress and compassion fatigue.
She also offers help around eating and sleeping problems, anger and communication difficulties. Her background includes working with issues related to LGBT identities and the ways those experiences can affect day-to-day life. Sharan holds BACP accreditation, which is listed in her professional details.
She offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. People can expect straightforward, respectful conversations that aim to build useful coping strategies and clearer understanding. To begin, she asks people to reflect on their goals and what they most want to change.
From there she adapts methods from approaches such as cognitive work and emotion-focused methods to fit those goals.
What Sharan works with
Everything Sharan lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Sharan is listed here; the rest shows what else Sharan works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sharan lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Sharan’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify what matters to them and take small steps in that direction while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and testing small changes to see what helps. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and sleep or eating difficulties. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) works with feelings and relationship patterns to help people understand and change how they respond to distressing emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels useful. Together they will choose methods that fit the person’s needs rather than applying a fixed model.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions more easily into a busy week and reducing travel time. Online work can make it simpler to have shorter check-ins when needed, or to use audio rather than video if that suits someone better. The biography does not detail specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these approaches to an online setting, helping people develop coping skills and clearer thinking while keeping therapy manageable alongside everyday life.
Questions people ask about Sharan
What concerns does Sharan commonly help with?
Sharan works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and addictions. She also supports people with relationship issues, grief, intimacy matters and self-esteem problems.
What sort of therapeutic style can I expect?
The style is humanistic and integrative, with a calm and gentle tone. Sessions mix practical coping skills with reflective conversation to suit each person.
How much experience does she have?
Sharan has seven years of practice and has completed over 100 hours of client work. That experience covers both shorter-term coping work and deeper therapeutic pieces.
What professional credentials are listed?
Her listed credential is BACP, which is included in her professional details as provided.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She does accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to work with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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