Sharon Hacker

Sharon Hacker is an AASW social worker with three years of professional experience in Australia. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, LGBT issues, and depression. Sharon uses straightforward conversations to help people who feel stuck or uncertain about what comes next.

Her style centres on open dialogue and practical steps. She creates time in sessions for people to talk about what is worrying them, then helps identify small changes to try between meetings. That might mean testing a new way to speak with a partner, trying a short breathing practice, or planning a clearer daily routine.

Sharon has also worked with people facing issues such as abandonment, autistic traits and Asperger Syndrome, avoidant and dependent personality patterns, body image, codependency, commitment worries, communication problems, and the challenges of kink or BDSM culture. She can support those dealing with gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS concerns, grief and hospice matters, impulsivity, and separation or divorce.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Sharon invites people to set clear goals and reviews progress regularly. She focuses on what is achievable now, rather than long lists of theory.

People who come when unsure what to do next often find the process useful for sorting priorities. The first session is used to understand immediate concerns and plan a next step. Sharon asks that people be ready to describe what feels most pressing so time can be used effectively.

Therapeutic approaches and doing therapy online

Sharon works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on present concerns and practical skills. One common approach is brief problem-focused work that helps identify specific patterns keeping someone stuck and creates step-by-step changes to try. This is useful for stress, anxiety and everyday relationship problems.

Another helpful method is emotion-focused talking where feelings are named and tracked in session. That approach supports people dealing with grief, trauma reactions, guilt or shame by making emotional responses easier to understand and manage.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will discuss options in the first meetings and decide with the client which techniques fit their goals and preferences. She checks in as the work progresses and adapts methods when something is not helping.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online meetings can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits. They also let people attend from different locations within Australia without needing to travel, while the practical structure of sessions remains the same.