Sharon Facey, BACP

Sharon Facey is a counsellor with 12 years of experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She offers both longer-term counselling and shorter coaching sessions. Sharon aims to make time and space for people to talk about what matters to them in plain, steady language.

She uses an integrative approach that brings together client-centred ways of working, cognitive behavioural methods, psychodynamic thinking, solution-focused ideas and trauma-focused care. These approaches are used as tools to untangle problems and find practical ways forward. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change or understand, whether that is mood, relationships or daily functioning.

Sharon has two decades of experience working with women and girls affected by domestic or sexual violence and with those who experienced childhood sexual abuse. That background informs her sensitive handling of trauma, boundaries and safety in sessions. She also works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, stress, ADHD and compassion fatigue.

Her work often looks at how past relationships and attachment shape current patterns. Sharon pays attention to physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of experience when people bring difficult life events, chronic illness, caregiving stress or issues around commitment and communication.

People usually begin by naming a few practical goals. Sharon helps to break those goals into small steps and to try different ideas in everyday life. She accepts clients in the United Kingdom and internationally and runs sessions in English.

How Sharon's approaches translate to online therapy

Sharon uses client-centred work that focuses on listening, understanding and following what the person finds most important. This approach helps when someone needs a calm space to talk through feelings, relationships and personal goals.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect. CBT offers practical techniques for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and coping with life changes. Finally, trauma-focused methods are used when past harm affects daily life; these approaches aim to reduce distress and build safer ways of managing triggers.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sharon will discuss options with each person and decide together which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts the pace and focus as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, check the available session formats before booking to confirm what is offered. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into busy days, reduce travel time and allow a shorter check-in when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to continue therapy when in-person meetings are difficult, while still keeping the practical rhythms of weekly or fortnightly appointments.