Sharon Gardner

Sharon is a Counsellor, Hypnotherapist and Clinical Supervisor and lives in Surrey. She initially qualified Human Resource Management and Development (MA, Chartered MCIPD) and worked for various large organisations. She has a lifelong passion for promoting mental health and trained with Chrysalis in 2010, studying the Advanced Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Ad. Prof. Dip PC). Sharon lately also studied for a CPCAB Level 6 qualification in Clinical Supervision.

Since qualifying Sharon has worked in private practice and also a variety of paid roles, including for Surrey County Council working with young people in Residential Care and for a residential rehabilitation centre for those suffering with addictions and eating disorders. She has also worked in voluntary roles for a Depression Support Group, Drugs and Alcohol service and Domestic Abuse charity. Sharon is also an approved therapist for Anxiety UK, a leading anxiety charity.

Although Sharon qualified in working with adults, she decided to utilise the combination of her experience and undertook a voluntary placement and training with Place2Be (a leading children’s mental health charity), counselling children in schools. She also studied for a Level 4 Certificate in Counselling Children simultaneously. She has progressed her career with Place2Be and is now a Clinical Supervisor. Sharon has advanced knowledge and experience of advising on Safeguarding issues.

Sharon is integrative in her approach, commonly using psychodynamic, person-centred, gestault, attachment theory, DBT (Dialectic Behavioural Theory) and CBT as well as hypnotherapy interventions. She has a wide variety of experience encompassing all the core presenting issues.

Sharon is an Accredited Registrant member of National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society and member of the Hypnotherapy Society. To view Sharon’s NCS profile please click here.