About
Before training as a therapist, Sharon spent a number of years working within the corporate sector before moving into education and, subsequently, mental health. Her early experience within mental health included working within an eating disorder service, and she has since developed extensive experience working therapeutically with adults across a wide range of mental health difficulties and clinical settings. Sharon’s varied professional background has given her experience of working with people in very different environments and stages of life, something she brings to her therapeutic work today.
Sharon is a BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist with many years’ experience working with adults experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties. Her core professional training is in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), alongside additional training in dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), schema therapy, compassion-focused therapy (CFT) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). This enables her to draw flexibly on different evidence-based approaches while tailoring therapy to the individual needs of each person.
Sharon has developed a particular specialism and passion for DNT and has extensive experience delivering comprehensive DBT programmes across both inpatient and outpatient settings. Within Priory, she has worked with both inpatients and outpatients and currently delivers structured outpatient DBT programmes, including group skills training and individual DBT therapy. She particularly enjoys helping people who experience intense emotions, difficulties within relationships, self-harm, suicidal behaviours and other complex or longstanding difficulties to develop practical skills, greater emotional stability and a more meaningful quality of life.
Alongside her DBT work, Sharon provides CBT and integrative psychological therapy for a broad range of mental health conditions, including anxiety disorders, depression, trauma-related difficulties and personality disorders. Her approach is warm, collaborative and compassionate, and she places particular importance on developing a strong therapeutic relationship and helping people make sense of their difficulties without judgement.
Sharon divides her professional time between her work with Priory and private practice. In addition to her therapeutic work, she has a particular interest in neurodiversity and works with individuals with ADHD and autism spectrum condition (ASC). She is a trained ADOS assessor and currently works within an autism diagnostic pathway, contributing to multidisciplinary assessments and providing therapeutic support to neurodivergent individuals.
Above all, Sharon aims to offer therapy that feels warm, genuine and practical. She wants the people she works with to feel understood and supported, while also developing the insight, confidence and skills they need to make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives.
Position at Priory
Sharon joined Priory in March 2022 and is a BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural psychotherapist. She is a member of Priory’s DBT team and has experience working across both inpatient and outpatient services.
Sharon specialises in the delivery of DBT and currently delivers Priory’s structured outpatient DBT programmes, providing both group skills training and individual DBT therapy. She works collaboratively with consultant psychiatrists and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated, individualised care and support.
Training
- DBT Foundational Training (British Isles)
- DBT Upgrade Training (British Isles)
- Enhancing DBT for Autistic Clients
- Certified Schema Therapy
- Compassion-focused Therapy (CFT)
- MBCT - mindfulness Teacher and practitioner
- Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2)
- ADHD
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Trauma
Research Interests
Sharon’s research area of interest is attachment, autism and the application of DBT to different mental health presentations.