I started working with Sharon in 2021 when I began my journey to becoming a therapist. I reached out to her and explained how I had zero experience in academic writing and the formality of essays, etc. Being a former carpenter, I was more of a hands-on or a visual type of learner. I struggled with the requirements from the college and my written work until Sharon helped me. Sharon was able to help me learn with visuals, having conversations with me, and listening to my concerns. I immediately felt valued and heard. Often, she would set me realistic goals, she would proofread my work and give me constructive feedback. I have seen significant development in my work and my education. I have worked with her through level 1-3. As I continue my fourth and final chapter, I will continue to work alongside Sharon. I would recommend her to anyone. She is highly experienced, very academically educated, and overall a wonderful person.

Having been fortunate to work with Sharon previously, I came to appreciate how she shares her perspective on trauma and lived experience in expansive and creative ways, enabling meaningful reflection in a non-judgemental conversation. While our personal experiences differ in detail, Sharon’s insight influenced my ability to recognise the lasting negative impact that trauma has, how this is replicated across society, and how it can continue to hold us back unless we identify and challenge that cycle. That unique relatability led to ‘wow’ moments, when it became possible to refine previously muddled thoughts and recollections and contextualise them. Sharon helped me to meaningfully draw together the dynamics of culture, family and interpersonal relationships, social status, environment and economics into a coherent whole from which I could begin to dismantle the personal barriers these influences had created. Whether as a leader, a teacher, or both, it is powerful to be awakened to understanding that trauma-ingrained thoughts and instincts effectively induce a state of operating automatically, as though we have been programmed with inadequate stock responses to the multi-various challenges that life and work present us with. If you have ever felt overwhelmed, or that your sense of positive impact and influence is limited, be reassured that it can be transformed into a source of personal and professional strength, growth, and excellence. Sharon’s holistic approach to personal development empowers you to better relate, empathise, creatively engage and educate as an individual impacted by trauma yet capable of overcoming it to the benefit of self and others.

I was intrigued by Sharon’s level of knowledge, I felt unsure at first but I learned very quickly how she made me feel at ease. Sharon is fun and engaging and she talks on a level that is interesting and easy to follow. I haven’t accessed a course at the moment as I’m still deciding what to do but I will definitely contact Sharon for my self-development and academic needs when I have.