About Sian
Sian Dyer uses a blended therapeutic approach that brings together well-established methods to help people manage anxiety, stress, low mood and relationship difficulties. She holds a BACP accreditation and works from the United Kingdom. Sian writes simply and directly, aiming to make sessions feel practical and grounded from the first meeting.
Sian focuses on emotional regulation and how the nervous system affects everyday reactions. She helps people recognise patterns of fight, flight, freeze or shutdown and shows simple ways to respond differently.
How Sian works
Sessions often include practical strategies to reduce overwhelm and build steadier emotional responses. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, bipolar and depression. She also supports people with career stresses, compassion fatigue, ADHD and relationship challenges.
Additional areas of interest include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and a range of personality and relationship-related difficulties. Sian draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to tailor the work to each person. The therapy is collaborative and paced to what feels manageable.
People can expect clear explanations, practical exercises and steady support as they try out new ways of coping. Sessions are offered in English and Sian accepts international clients. Work can include short-term coaching-style conversations or longer therapeutic work aimed at deeper change.
People who want to begin are invited to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Sian lists 17 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Sian works with
The areas below are the ones Sian selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches fit with online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed by them, then commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and struggles with motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with depression, anxiety and sleep or eating difficulties.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try techniques and adjust the plan so it fits how the person likes to work and what they want to change.
Online sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, offering different practical benefits. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress between sessions or when writing helps people think things through. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and worksheets for each format to make therapy flexible and accessible.
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