Sharon Matharu

Sharon Matharu is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She describes herself as a person-centred practitioner and brings a long background in teaching to her therapeutic work. Sharon aims to help people who are facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, eating and body image worries, and other life challenges.

She keeps sessions straightforward and non-judgemental. Sharon creates space for people to talk through their thoughts and feelings at their own pace. She adapts conversations to the person in front of her rather than following a fixed script.

In practice she blends several counselling styles to suit different needs. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot and shift unhelpful thought patterns. Person-centred ideas shape how she listens and responds, by prioritising the client’s perspective.

Mindfulness and solution-focused methods are also part of her toolbox. Mindfulness helps with stress, anxiety and grounding in the present moment. Solution-focused work concentrates on small practical steps a person can try between sessions.

Sharon works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, career challenges, and self-esteem. She also notes specific additional focuses such as attachment, blended family difficulties and codependency. Sessions are offered in English and Punjabi.

How Sharon uses approachable therapies online

Sharon draws on person-centred work and cognitive behavioural therapy to help people online. Person-centred work focuses on listening closely and responding to the person’s experience, which helps when someone needs a judgement-free space to talk. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and gives practical steps to try between sessions to reduce anxiety or low mood.

She also uses mindfulness techniques to help with stress and grounding, and solution-focused ideas to identify small, achievable changes. Choosing the right approach is treated as a joint process. Sharon will talk with each person about their needs and goals, then try methods that feel most helpful and adjust them over time.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around school runs, work breaks or busy days, and can reduce travel time. Some approaches lend themselves to short practical tasks you can do between sessions, which can be especially useful when managing eating concerns, stress or low mood.