Shari Woolley CBT - Sheffield

Umar Aziz

I've been having CBT sessions with Shari since July, though we finished in September we have regular contact and booster sessions, she is very welcoming and really helped me understand my anxiety and how to live with it. Thank you!

Pantelis Vidalis

Having done counselling before I wasn't sure what to expect from CBT sessions. Shari is simply amazing! She helped me a lot with my anxiety and she taught me a lot in the space of 5 months. I've never felt more confident with myself and i owe this to Shari and her knowledge. I 100% recommend her if you suffer with anxiety!

Jordan

I worked with Shari over the course of 2-3 months in late-2023 after experiencing recurring anxiety and low mood.

I was initially a little hesitant to work with another therapist, after a less than ideal experience previously. But after a free consultation with Shari, I decided to go ahead.

First and foremost Shari is a professional and friendly therapist, she is always welcoming and easy to speak to. During our sessions Shari heavily focused on equipping me with practical exercises and tools I could use when experiencing symptoms between sessions. She has the mantra of her client 'becoming their own therapist' which I really liked and bought in to.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Shari to family & friends if they are experiencing mental health issues.

Jake White

I started working with Shari to help me overcome my challenges with intrusive thoughts and anxiety. I had already tried talking therapy which was helpful at the time but never really uncovered or worked on the root cause.

From the outset Shari was professional, thorough and structured. She promised to work with me to provide a set of ‘workable tools’ to use when faced with unhelpful thoughts and feelings.

Shari always offered a non-judgemental space to express my thoughts and feelings and in my opinion went above and beyond to help and guide me on my journey throughout therapy.

I’ll be forever grateful for the genuine support and compassion Shari gave me during my therapy and the tools and knowledge she has shared with me, which now allow me to embrace all thoughts and feelings whilst focusing on my values based actions.

Thanks for helping me to understand that I was never broken, I was just stuck. You really did deliver on your promise!

Laura Kelly

When I first started sessions with Shari, I had already been in a form of therapy with a different therapist for several months dealing with extreme anxiety. I contacted Shari for her availability and a consultation, due to a city relocation, and she was helpful, eager and able to set appointments up with me quickly.

Although I had improved during my time with my previous therapist, the speed at which I was able to face my fears, form habits and consistently do exposure work once I started my sessions with Shari was incredible. She really spends the time getting to understand your personality and what might work best for you and recommends tools that fit this. If something doesn’t quite work for you, she’ll take your feedback on board, explore options and find the thing that DOES work.

The thing that truly sets Shari apart is her dedication to maintaining your mental health and ability to ‘be your own therapist’ post-therapy. She will build a relapse prevention plan with you and schedule future check in sessions. This sort of after care is not something I’ve encountered with other therapists, and shows how much Shari cares about her clients.

Stephanie Hunter

Therapy with Shari has been so worth while. I struggled with anxiety for years and although I had done some therapy before, I found that I made so much more progress, so quickly, doing ACT and CBT with Shari. She took the time to listen to my problem, and I felt like she really understood what I was struggling with. I now feel so much more confident in myself and my ability to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. She left me with a clear plan of how to go forwards and I feel like I have so many new tools and techniques to overcome future difficulties in life!

Emma Gough

Excellent experience.
I have tried therapy previously before and never made much progress with understanding my anxiety and intrusive thoughts, until I tried therapy sessions with Shari. Shari truly takes the time to understand the problems you’re facing and equip you with a varied toolkit to not only tackle your fears in the session, but in real life as well. I found her sessions to completely alter how I view my thoughts, feelings and approach to them and in turn I’ve been able to start on a path to becoming my own therapist. This kind of therapy can be effectively applied to day to day life so you’re always strengthening yourself and moving towards a life you value. I can’t thank her enough for the really important work she’s doing.

Alex

In just 7 sessions Shari helped me find new ways of dealing with unhelpful thoughts and identify the values I want to consistently work towards. My relationship with my family is improving and I am learning to accept my feelings and let them come and go without getting hooked on thoughts that are not useful to me. Shari allowed me to move at my own pace, and adapted exercises to meet my individual needs. She made sure that I had a relapse plan in place so that I could continue my work after our sessions ended. Her approach is warm and open, yet totally focused on my goals - just what I needed to keep me moving forwards! I can’t recommend Shari and CBT highly enough.