Sharon Facey, BACP

Sharon Facey uses a person-centred and integrative approach to counselling. She blends talking therapy with practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and relationship concerns. Sharon holds BACP membership, and she brings 12 years of experience to her practice in the United Kingdom.

She has extensive background supporting women and girls affected by domestic and sexual violence, and those with histories of childhood sexual abuse. That experience informs her work with trauma, grief, dissociation and compassion fatigue. Sharon also helps people facing long-term health issues, caregiving stress, chronic pain and cancer-related challenges.

Sessions draw on client-centred listening alongside elements of cognitive behavioural techniques and psychodynamic thinking. Sharon uses solution-focused and trauma-informed ideas when helpful, choosing practical steps and questions that move a person forward. The emphasis is on clear, manageable changes rather than long lists of theory.

People come for many reasons such as low mood, sleep problems, anger, intimacy worries, identity questions and difficulties at work. Sharon also supports those dealing with abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency and blended family issues. She works with clients on coaching goals like career direction and life transitions.

Therapy sessions aim to create a steady, conversational space where feelings and life stories can be explored. Sharon listens for patterns, helps name unhelpful cycles and suggests small experiments to try between sessions. Her style is compassionate and straightforward, focused on practical progress.

Approaches that work well online

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience, helping them feel heard and supported while they sort out goals and choices. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviours affect feelings and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Trauma-focused work helps people process distressing experiences safely and build coping skills to reduce their impact.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Sharon will talk with a client about their needs, goals and preferences and together they will try methods that fit best. The plan can change over time as progress is made or priorities shift, so the work stays relevant to what the person wants to achieve.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls suit longer conversations and visual connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, study and family life while maintaining continuity of care.