Sharon Jardine, BACP

Sharon Jardine is a counsellor who aims to support people facing stress, anxiety, depression and major life changes. She works in a straightforward and compassionate way and encourages people to draw on their own strengths. Sharon’s style is relaxed and practical, helping clients talk through the issues that matter to them right now.

Sharon holds a Level 4 Diploma and has three years of professional counselling experience. Before qualifying she spent many years in other roles supporting people, and that background informs her practical approach. She describes therapy as a partnership where the client is the expert on their own story.

Her main areas include coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, parenting concerns, self-esteem and career difficulties. She also works with issues such as hoarding and domestic abuse, and with additional focuses like attachment, autism and post-traumatic stress. Sharon mentions work with ADHD, grief, self-harm and isolation among the concerns she addresses.

Sharon uses person-centred ideas alongside mindfulness, motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods. Sessions are shaped around whatever the client wishes to discuss that day. She aims to offer a calm, respectful space with empathy and validation while drawing on relevant theory.

Sessions are conducted in English and take place in the United Kingdom. The practicalities of booking are handled through a short matching process and scheduling system, so people can choose a suitable time and begin the process when they are ready.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Sharon combines person-centred listening with mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and helping people find their own solutions, which can help with low mood, self-esteem and relationship concerns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to reduce stress and increase present-moment awareness, useful for anxiety and compassion fatigue. Motivational Interviewing helps people clarify goals and take practical steps forward, which can suit career decisions, behaviour change and coping with life transitions.

Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they can try different ideas and adjust the focus as needed so sessions feel relevant and manageable.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow a quieter check-in during a lunch break. Some approaches suit shorter, focused conversations while others benefit from slightly longer reflective sessions; Sharon will help match pace and format to the client’s life and aims.