For Wise Leaders
Leadershipat depth.
Where intelligent leaders do their inner work — and powerfully transform the way they lead.
UKCP Accredited
30 Years’ Practice
IFS Level 2
MA Core Process
ACPP Registered
For Wise Leaders
Where intelligent leaders do their inner work — and powerfully transform the way they lead.
Depth coaching for leaders who sense that something more is possible.
Simplicity reveals meaning,
everything lives in the pause;
wisdom resides in the comma.
Sharon Charlton-Thomson — Founder & Director
About Comma
For almost 30 years I maintained the two parts of my work in careful separation — the psychotherapist and the coach.
Comma is the synthesis: a depth coaching practice for leaders who sense that something more is possible, and who are ready to discover what that is.
Who We Serve
Senior leaders navigating complexity, transition, or the invisible ceiling that no competency model can explain.
Builders who understand that the quality of their inner life determines the quality of everything they create.
Those who carry responsibility for others and seek the depth of self-awareness that makes wisdom — not just knowledge — possible.
Qualifications & Accreditations
Sharon holds some of the most rigorous clinical qualifications available in the United Kingdom — grounding every Comma engagement in decades of accredited, evidence-based practice.
UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist
Fully registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy — the gold standard of psychotherapy accreditation in Britain, under the Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy College.
MA in Core Process Psychotherapy
Post-graduate degree from the Karuna Institute — integrating Buddhist psychology, Western psychotherapy, mindfulness, and neurobiology.
IFS Level 2 Practitioner
Fully qualified in Internal Family Systems therapy — an evidence-based model widely used in trauma-informed leadership coaching.
Systemic & Developmental Therapy
Specialist training from the University of Bristol and DDP UK — providing deep understanding of relational dynamics in organisational leadership.
ACPP Registered Member
Additional recognition spanning developmental and relational modalities across the full life course.
30 Years of Clinical Practice
Three decades working with individuals, couples, families, and corporate leaders — an accumulation no short-term programme can replicate.
Our Work
A powerful fusion of robust leadership coaching and mindfulness-based psychotherapy — creating a new kind of Wise Leadership, fit for an uncertain world.
“My work with Comma has been unquestionably one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever had. I feel far more equipped to thrive in what continues to be a turbulent world. Their generosity and commitment marks Comma out from anyone or anything else in this field.
Charlie Hurrell Chief Client Officer, House 337
Clients
Across 30 years, we have worked alongside hundreds of committed organisations and thousands of intelligent leaders — each doing the vital inner work.
Meet our clientsRepresentative client organisations — names used with permission.
Articles & Insights
Every client has an inner part we have come to know as the Inner Critic — and it shapes far more than we realise.
Continue readingOur articles challenge leaders to look inward — exploring Jungian roots, the inner critic, the wisdom of the pause, and what depth truly means in practice.
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Giving
We support charities creating equitable outcomes for young people who face extra barriers in higher education and high-status professions.
