Sharon Gallagher, BACP
24 years in practice
Sharon Gallagher is a counsellor with 24 years of experience working in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 20360 · expires December 2026
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Sharon
Sharon Gallagher is a counsellor with 24 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Sharon focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and depression in a calm, respectful way.
She adapts conversations to each person's needs and designs a plan that suits their situation. Sessions are straightforward and practical. Sharon aims to make the first steps less daunting and to support people as they work toward feeling better.
Background and approach
Her practice draws on hypnotherapy to access relaxed states and support behaviour change. She also uses client-centred therapy to keep sessions grounded in the person's perspective. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
Sharon helps with a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem and career stress. She also works with people facing loss, life changes, and complex difficulties such as abandonment, attachment issues and domestic violence. Sessions are available in English and can be arranged for clients in the UK and internationally.
Sharon uses a subscription model for sessions which can be cancelled at any time. She aims to respond to messages promptly during her working hours.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sharon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sharon names
- Hypnotherapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Hypnotherapy is used to guide a person into a relaxed state to help with habits, sleep issues and managing strong emotions. It often involves gentle verbal guidance and imagery to support change in thoughts or behaviours.Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's experience in the moment. The counsellor listens closely, reflects back what they hear and follows the client's pace so sessions feel led by the person rather than the therapist.
Cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT helps people spot patterns of thinking that contribute to anxiety or low mood and then practise small changes. It is useful for worries, sleep problems and everyday coping skills.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try different techniques and adjust the plan based on what feels helpful. That way the work stays practical and aligned to each person's needs.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation while saving travel time. Phone sessions can be a simpler option if bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer typing or want more frequent brief contact between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and coping with life changes. Other areas include relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, parenting strain and career concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and person-focused. Conversations are adapted to each person's needs and may combine relaxed-state techniques, talking therapy and cognitive work.
How long has she been practising?
Sharon has 24 years of professional experience working with people in a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her from another country?
Sessions are offered to international clients as well as those in the UK. All sessions are conducted in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging depending on what suits the client best.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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