Sharon Fairclough

I offer availability on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9.30am to 6pm.

If you are looking for availability outside of these days please do contact me and I will see if I am able to accommodate an alternative day. 

I am an Â鶹ԭ´´ accredited integrative counsellor/psychotherapist with twenty six years of experience working with many different presenting issues with individuals and couples. The way in which I work is client led, keeping the client at the centre of the work. I bring psychotherapeutic skills into the work seamlessly to support the client's on their journey of discovery and change. 

I have many years of professional training as reflected in the list below and have worked with many issues ranging from anxiety to depression.  Additionally, I specialise in loss, bereavement, life threatening illness, life limiting illness and End of life. 

I offer both online and in person therapy. I work in a client centred way meaning I will be led by the client and do not have an agenda.  I bring in several modalities to meet the clients specific need.

Initially, I offer the client a thirty minute phone call at no charge.  This gives the client and I an opportunity to say hello and think together about what kind of support the client needs. Sometimes the client is not sure and I am able to help navigate the right kind of support. In most cases I am able to meet the client need and if we both feel comfortable we book our first session. 

Often clients ask me during the enquiry for support if I speak in sessions.  The answer to that is yes, the therapy I offer is a conversation where I am able to respond to what the client is saying.  

The first session gives us both the time to be sure that we feel comfortable to work together and for me to understand what bought the client to seek support. During this time we discuss how we will work together, i.e. days, times, length of session, limits of my confidentiality, and anything that might feel important to us both as this forms the foundation of which we work from.