Sharon Matharu , NCPS

Sharon Matharu is a person-centered therapist based in the United Kingdom who holds the NCPS credential and brings four years of professional therapeutic experience to her practice. With a long history in education spanning more than 25 years, she combines teaching insight with counselling skills to support people facing a wide range of concerns.

Sharon works to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored openly. Her practice draws on person-centered principles alongside integrative techniques, including cognitive behavioral strategies and rational-emotive methods, adapting conversations and plans to suit each individual's needs. She emphasizes collaboration and practical tools to help clients move toward greater satisfaction and wellbeing.

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and body-image issues, grief, parenting and blended-family challenges, intimacy and sexual concerns, eating-related problems, and career or life transitions. Sharon also works with issues such as attachment and abandonment, communication and control problems, codependency, and aging-related concerns.

Clients who choose to work with Sharon can expect a thoughtful, flexible approach that aims to identify realistic goals and develop strategies that fit their circumstances and values.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Sharon commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy as core elements of her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a respectful, empathetic space where a person’s own goals and insights guide the process - it is well suited to issues like relationship difficulties, self-esteem, and life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a structured approach that helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and develop practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and stress.

Sharon also integrates mindfulness techniques to help people build awareness of thoughts and bodily experience, which can be useful for managing stress, emotional reactivity, and grief. She approaches treatment collaboratively, working with each person to identify the most helpful combination of approaches based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Finding the right fit is seen as part of the therapeutic journey rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.

Online therapy with Sharon is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options allow therapy to fit around work, family, and life commitments and support consistent contact and ongoing progress even when in-person sessions are not possible.