Sharan Thiara , BACP

Sharan Thiara is a couples and individual psychotherapist who brings an empathetic, holistic style to her clinical work. She has practiced for 7 years and has completed over 100 hours of client work, focusing on anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions and deeper therapeutic work. As a BACP member - meaning she is affiliated with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - she combines humanistic and integrative methods to tailor support to each person's needs.

Sharan works without judgment and emphasizes the client as the expert of their own life, offering calm, gentle guidance that helps people stay grounded while they explore difficult emotions and experiences. Her approach draws on different therapeutic tools as appropriate, allowing flexibility in how sessions are shaped and what is prioritized.

Recognizing that beginning counselling can feel overwhelming and may bring up fears of being judged, Sharan aims to validate the effort involved in seeking help and to hold space for the realities of struggle and self-acceptance. She supports both individuals and couples through relationship challenges, personal change, and recovery from loss or addiction, meeting people where they are and helping them move toward clearer, more values-aligned choices.

Approaches that inform online therapy and how they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT encourages people to notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action toward what matters to them. It can be helpful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes by building psychological flexibility.

Attachment-Based Therapy - This work explores relationship patterns and early attachment experiences to improve how people connect with others and manage closeness, trust and emotional needs. It can support couples, relationship difficulties and issues rooted in past caregiving experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Sharan collaborates with each person to determine what feels most useful. She draws on these methods alongside integrative, humanistic principles to tailor sessions to a client's goals, preferences and current concerns so therapy remains relevant and practical.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging - which makes it easier to fit counselling into busy lives and across distances. For many people this accessibility supports consistent engagement, paced emotional exploration and continued progress while working with licensed professionals and therapists who adapt tools to an individual's circumstances.