Sharon Strauss , PACFA

Sharon Strauss is a PACFA-registered counsellor based in Australia with nine years of professional experience. She maintains a private practice offering both online sessions and in-person appointments on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Sharon approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, tailoring conversations and treatment plans to fit individual needs and circumstances.

Her clinical interests include stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and confidence, substance use and gambling issues, depression, grief, addictions, LGBT concerns, intimacy-related matters, anger, career challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication and control difficulties, divorce and separation, forgiveness, gender dysphoria, guilt and shame, hoarding, immigration issues, impulsivity, and infidelity.

Sharon holds PACFA registration - the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia - and is listed with Clinical PACFA Counsellor Registration #28305. She operates as Sharon Strauss Counselling (ABN 94572969936) and maintains a public liability policy (Number: PACFA-0152801). Taking the first step toward therapy can require courage, and Sharon acknowledges that initial effort while working collaboratively to support each client’s goals.

Therapeutic approaches for online and remote support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and feelings without needing to eliminate them, and focuses on taking committed action aligned with personal values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, low motivation, and managing difficult emotions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships and attachment patterns influence current connection and intimacy, helping people address abandonment, attachment issues, and relationship difficulties by strengthening understanding and emotional regulation.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers structured tools to identify and modify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, supporting progress with anxiety, depression, addictions, and many day-to-day challenges. Sharon integrates these approaches to suit each person’s situation and goals.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Sharon works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to determine which methods best fit the client’s needs, goals, and preferences, adapting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as flexible scheduling and easier access to care. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow therapy to fit into busy lives, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of support when in-person appointments are difficult to attend.