Sharon Hacker, AASW

Sharon Hacker is an AASW social worker with three years of clinical experience in Australia. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues related to LGBTQ+ identity. Sharon aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and straightforward.

Sharon keeps sessions simple and direct. She builds a calm space where people can talk about what matters to them without judgement. Conversations focus on understanding immediate concerns and finding workable steps forward.

Her work includes helping people with relationship worries, communication problems, commitment fears and codependency. She also offers support for those navigating gender dysphoria, sexual expression including kink and BDSM culture, and challenges tied to neurodivergence such as autism and Asperger syndrome.

Sharon also addresses feelings like guilt, shame, abandonment, impulsivity and body image concerns. She has experience supporting people through HIV and hospice or end-of-life concerns as well as separation and divorce stress.

In sessions Sharon listens closely, helps people name what’s going on, and collaborates on small, practical changes. Readers who want to begin can use the Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

Therapeutic approaches and what online work looks like

Sharon uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she uses helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and gently test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and low mood. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety and depression.

Another strand of her work concentrates on processing difficult experiences such as trauma and abuse. In straightforward sessions she supports people to tell their story at a pace that feels manageable and to build coping strategies for intense feelings and flashbacks.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sharon will work with each person to decide which techniques suit their goals, needs and preferences, and she adjusts plans as progress is made.

For practical matters around online work, please confirm the current session options before booking as the original biography does not specify formats. Online therapy can make fitting sessions into a busy life easier by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a workday, and offering a way to meet with a therapist from different locations. Appropriately qualified therapists use these methods to support people with everyday stresses and longer-term concerns without promising specific outcomes.