Sharon Horwood
Client-centred counsellor with lived experience
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About Sharon
Sharon Horwood is a counsellor based in Southend-on-Sea with three years of practice and a BACP accreditation. She brings both professional experience and personal understanding to her work after living through a life-changing brain injury that affected her and those around her.
Sharon encourages people to recognise the strengths they already have and to be proud of taking the first step toward therapy. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious or low in mood.
Background and approach
Sharon supports those facing relationship concerns, anger and self-esteem struggles, and people coping with major life changes. She also offers help with grief, career worries and building motivation or confidence. Sharon uses a client-centred approach that focuses on the person rather than a strict technique.
Sessions aim to follow the client’s pace and priorities, with the counsellor listening carefully and reflecting what emerges in conversation. This way of working is often useful for people who want to feel heard and make sense of their experiences.
She has an additional focus on issues such as attachment worries, dissociation, chronic pain or illness, mood and personality difficulties, panic and social anxiety, and effects of traumatic brain injury. Sharon also supports people dealing with shame, guilt, infidelity and questions about life purpose. Sharon offers video sessions and uses messaging only for the initial assessment and to arrange appointments.
Her schedule is flexible, and sessions are arranged using a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before booking.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 404880
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered 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
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sharon lists
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
Because Sharon uses a client-centred way of working, finding the right approach is part of the conversation. She will work together with each person to understand their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. That collaboration informs how sessions are shaped and what to focus on over time.
Sharon offers video call sessions and uses messaging only to complete the initial assessment and arrange appointments. If you want a different session format, confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and keep appointments consistent when routines change. They also allow for shorter check-ins or regular weekly sessions without needing to leave work or home, which can help maintain momentum in the work people want to do.
Questions and answers
What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?
Sharon works with stress, anxiety and depression as well as relationship issues, anger and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing grief, life changes, career questions and difficulties related to traumatic brain injury.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The approach is client-centred, which means sessions follow the client’s pace and priorities. The counsellor listens, reflects and helps people make sense of their own story.
What is Sharon's background and experience?
She has three years of counselling experience and draws on lived experience of a serious brain injury that affected her life and relationships. That personal experience informs her work with clients.
Where is Sharon based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation as listed in her profile.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sharon offers video call sessions and uses messaging only for assessments and appointment arrangements. Please confirm the full set of current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and the therapist's schedule; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with this counsellor?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. You can then schedule sessions according to the counsellor's availability.
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