Sian Dyer

Sian Dyer is a BACP counsellor who offers an integrative approach to therapy. She focuses on helping adults and couples who feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck. Her work aims to make emotional regulation and self‑understanding practical and achievable in everyday life.

Sian blends cognitive behavioural techniques with humanistic and psychodynamic ideas to shape sessions around each person. She pays particular attention to how the nervous system responds to stress and why people move into fight, flight, freeze or shutdown. That understanding becomes a tool for clearer thinking and calmer emotional responses.

In session she talks through patterns that keep people trapped in worry, low mood, or self‑criticism. She teaches simple strategies for regulating strong feelings and for building self‑compassion and healthier boundaries. The focus is on small, steady steps rather than quick fixes.

She also works with couples who want to improve communication or rebuild connection. Sessions include exploring attachment responses and learning ways to notice and change recurring interactions. The aim is more understanding and teamwork, not blame.

Sian draws on her own experience of recovery from anxiety and emotional overwhelm, and this personal perspective shapes her practical, empathetic style. Her practice is aimed at helping people develop self‑trust, emotional balance, and clearer choices in life.

How Sian’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed steps towards them while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It helps when worry or avoidance get in the way of the life someone wants to lead. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers clear, practical techniques for shifting unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep or eating difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sian will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals, needs and preferences. That means trying things, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than sticking to a single fixed method.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check‑in conversations during a busy day, or offering sessions without being on camera when someone prefers that. These practical benefits can help people maintain continuity of care and bring therapy into ordinary routines.