Sharon Facey
Compassionate integrative counselling for emotional recovery
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About Sharon
Sharon Facey is a counsellor with 12 years' experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She offers a blend of short and long term counselling and coaching to help people who are struggling with emotional distress, relationship questions, work pressures or life changes. Her work focuses on practical, conversational therapy rather than medical language.
She helps people talk through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and intimacy concerns.
Background and approach
Sharon also supports those facing parenting strain, career challenges, ADHD-related struggles and identity issues including LGBT matters. Sharon has worked for around two decades supporting women and girls affected by domestic and sexual violence, and by childhood sexual abuse. That background informs her trauma-focused work and her sensitivity when helping people recover from abuse and its emotional aftermath.
She describes her approach as integrative. That means she draws on client-centred listening, psychodynamic reflection, cognitive behavioural tools and solution-focused strategies. Sessions tend to combine gentle exploration of past experience with practical steps for coping and change.
Clients can expect a compassionate, creative space to make sense of their story. Sharon uses mind, body and life experience when helping people identify barriers and try new ways of relating, working and feeling more fulfilled.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 12
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 215418
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Sharon's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Sharon works with
Everything Sharon lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sharon lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Sharon works online
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, uses practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. It can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems and coping with life changes by teaching strategies to manage symptoms and test new approaches.
Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns that come from past experience and relationships. It helps people understand recurring difficulties, attachment and abandonment issues, and emotional responses that affect current life and relationships.
Finding the right fit is part of the process. Sharon will work collaboratively to choose or blend approaches based on a person's needs, goals and preferences. That means starting with what matters now and adapting methods as progress is made.
If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed and reduce travel time. Many people find the same reflective and practical work can be done remotely when they can make space for regular appointments.
Questions and answers
What kinds of concerns does Sharon help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy and relationship concerns, grief, parenting strain, career issues, ADHD and related challenges.
What is Sharon's therapeutic style?
Her approach is integrative, combining client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused techniques to suit each person.
How much experience does she have?
Sharon has 12 years of professional experience and around two decades of work supporting women and girls affected by domestic and sexual violence.
Where is Sharon based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, she accepts international clients and can work with people who are located outside the United Kingdom.
Which session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Sharon?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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