Sharon Anderson, BACP

Sharon Anderson is a UK-based psychotherapist with 24 years of clinical and community experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, trauma, and a range of other life difficulties. She brings an international perspective to her work as a dual national Black British practitioner with training and practice across multiple countries, which informs her sensitivity to cross-cultural issues and the needs of diasporic clients and those who feel displaced.

Sharon is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and holds an MSc - a Master of Science degree - and she is an associate counselling psychologist licensed through Jampsych to practice in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Her background includes clinical, university, school, church, and community settings, and she has worked with people of all ages on concerns such as depression, ADHD and autism spectrum issues, adverse childhood experiences, migration-related loss, parenting difficulties, and spiritual questions.

Her approach is warm, interactive, and accepting. Sharon practices from a person-centered base while drawing on an eclectic range of methods to meet each client’s unique needs. She collaborates with clients to tailor therapy at their pace, and when appropriate uses creative modalities such as therapeutic play to help individuals express and process difficult experiences. Sharon welcomes the courage it takes to begin therapy and offers steady support along the path toward healing.

Approaches That Guide Sharon's Online Work

Sharon commonly integrates attachment-based approaches, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral strategies in online therapy. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape emotional patterns and helps people address issues like abandonment, intimacy challenges, and relationship struggles by exploring relational needs and healing attachment wounds. Client-centered therapy centers the person as the expert on their own experience and emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and a collaborative therapeutic relationship to support self-exploration and growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and offers practical strategies to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress through structured techniques and skills practice.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Sharon works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts techniques over time so the therapy remains practical and relevant.

Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to access consistent support from a licensed professional regardless of location. These options offer flexibility in scheduling, allow therapy to fit into busy lives, and support ongoing contact between sessions when appropriate.