Siobhan Hopkins

Siobhan Hopkins is a counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, anxiety and life changes. She welcomes talks about parenting, career pressures, addictions, trauma and intimacy issues. Sessions are described as paced to the client's needs, with an open, affirming style and a gentle sense of humour. Siobhan works in a person-centred way that keeps the client's experience central. She combines that with psychodynamic and Gestalt ideas to help people notice patterns and make different choices. Cognitive approaches and mindfulness practices are used when helpful to address stress, anger and low mood. She describes particular insight into postnatal depression, growing up around addiction, and the aftermath of parental adultery, and says this helps her recognise what may feel hard to name. Siobhan also offers space for questions about faith and spiritual harm, including recovery from high-control groups and re-evaluating belief systems. Siobhan studied at Newman University in Birmingham and has lived and worked in the UK, Ireland and the USA. She is BACP registered, which is listed as BACP in her credentials. She has four years' experience supporting people through major life transitions and complex feelings. Her approach aims to build understanding rather than quick fixes. Sessions focus on listening, exploring the stories people bring, and finding practical ways to cope and move forward. She encourages people to notice their own strengths and to work at a pace that feels manageable.

Approaches that guide online work

Siobhan draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach looks at how connection and trust were formed and what that means for today, often helping with intimacy issues, abandonment fears and attachment-related concerns.

She also uses client-centred practice, which focuses on listening and reflecting what a person brings. That method gives space for people to tell their story in their own words and can be helpful for grief, career uncertainty and re-evaluating beliefs.

Finding the right way of working is a shared task. Siobhan will discuss goals and preferences and try different approaches to see what fits. The choice of methods is collaborative and can shift as needs evolve during therapy.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around work and family life, saving travel time, and making it easier to attend from different locations. The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find regular online sessions help maintain momentum and make it simpler to build therapeutic routines into busy lives.