Sharlin Paul, BACP

Sharlin Paul is a counsellor who blends listening with practical steps to help people move forward. She uses a calm, curious approach to make sense of anxiety, stress, low mood and the impact of past trauma. Sharlin also helps people who struggle with relationship and attachment difficulties, jealousy, self-esteem and feeling stuck about life purpose.

Her work brings together talking therapy and action. She draws on Client-Centred principles to build a trusting space. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ideas are used when people want tools to manage difficult thoughts and feelings. Psychodynamic thinking is used to look at past patterns that still affect day-to-day life.

Sessions are collaborative and focus on what each person wants to change. Sharlin often combines reflective conversations with practical exercises and homework to keep progress moving between meetings. She aims for clear, achievable steps rather than jargon or vague goals.

Over ten years she has worked in different settings supporting people through trauma, anxiety, depression, hoarding, money worries and issues around control and communication. Her British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy membership is listed as BACP.

People can expect straightforward language and a non-judgemental stance in sessions. Sharlin welcomes internationals and runs work that balances emotional insight with real-life strategies for coping and making decisions.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being heard and understood. The counsellor offers empathic listening and helps the person identify their own goals, which can ease anxiety, low mood and relationship worries.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It gives clear strategies and practical exercises to change unhelpful thought patterns and reduce emotional distress.

Psychodynamic Therapy explores how past experiences influence present behaviour. It helps uncover repeated patterns in relationships and feelings, which can be useful for attachment, jealousy and control issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. That process is collaborative and may change over time as progress is reviewed.

If you prefer online sessions, check the current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also means people from other places can arrange to meet the same counsellor without relocating.