Sharon Lenihan
Calm, adaptable counselling for trauma and anxiety
About Sharon
Sharon Lenihan is a counsellor who offers caring support for people coping with the effects of trauma, anxiety, low mood and relationship problems. She has five years' experience and holds BACP registration which recognises professional standards in counselling practice. Sharon aims to create a space where people can feel heard and believed as they start to untangle difficult experiences.
Her way of working is warm, compassionate and collaborative. She adapts sessions to each person's needs and moves at a pace that feels manageable.
Background and approach
Her practice draws on person-centred ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques, psychodynamic thinking and mindfulness exercises to suit the situation. In sessions Sharon helps people process painful memories, manage intense emotions and build practical coping strategies. She commonly supports those dealing with shame, panic, relationship strain, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, and the longer-term effects of abuse or trauma.
The work often focuses on re-establishing self-trust and resilience. Before training as a counsellor she worked for several years in safeguarding roles, supporting people through crisis and complex systems. That background informs her calm handling of sensitive material and her experience working with risk and uncertainty.
People contact Sharon to better understand past events, to manage symptoms such as anxiety or low mood, or to find steadier ways of coping with life changes and career stress. She aims to listen without judgement and to walk alongside people as they make changes that matter to them.
What Sharon works with
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Sharon uses evidence-based techniques that are easy to apply in remote appointments. Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and helping people make sense of their feelings; this approach helps when someone needs a steady, accepting space to talk and be heard. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teach practical tools to reduce worry, panic and low mood. Mindfulness-based practices introduce simple breathing and grounding exercises that can ease tension and improve sleep and focus.Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work and is explored together. Sharon will talk through goals and preferences with each person and then agree which techniques to try. That collaborative planning helps make sure the way of working fits the person's current needs and life situation.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection is wanted. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins into a busy day or to continue work between longer sessions. These options make therapy accessible for people with different schedules and practical needs.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
