Sian Dyer
Calm practical therapy for emotional overwhelm
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About Sian
Sian Dyer is a psychotherapist practising in the United Kingdom who blends several therapeutic approaches to meet each person's needs. She holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as her professional credential. Sian aims to make therapy practical and down to earth, helping people feel steadier when anxiety, low mood, or relationship strain make life harder.
Sian uses a mix of cognitive behavioural ideas, client-centred listening, attachment work, acceptance and commitment thinking, and elements of dialectical behaviour work.
Background and approach
She pays close attention to how the nervous system shapes emotional responses, and she teaches simple regulation skills to help people feel less overwhelmed. Her background includes five years of clinical practice. Those years include work supporting people with stress, addictions, trauma, grief, self-esteem and a wide range of emotional and interpersonal difficulties.
Sian also works with sexual identity concerns, intimacy issues and relationship challenges in individual and couple contexts. In sessions she focuses on what is happening right now - thoughts, behaviours and bodily reactions - and links those to past attachment patterns where useful. She offers practical strategies alongside talking work, helping people test new ways of relating and coping between sessions.
Sian describes therapy as a collaborative process. She aims to help people build more self-compassion, clearer boundaries and steadier emotional ground. If someone is feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward, she invites them to start a conversation about what might help.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 398531
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Sian's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Sian works with
Everything Sian lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sian lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Sian works online
She also draws on attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions. That work helps people understand why they respond to others the way they do and supports building different relational habits.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that suit their goals and preferences. That might mean trying skill-based exercises one week and quieter reflective work the next, then adjusting what helps most.
Because the biography does not list specific session formats, please confirm which formats are available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time, offering shorter check-ins during a break, or allowing sessions when it is easier to be on camera or not. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and homework to suit an online setting and the client's everyday routine.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Sian help with?
Sian works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and grief. She also helps with relationship issues, self-esteem, sleeping and eating concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines practical skills and empathic listening. Sessions weave together cognitive behavioural techniques, attachment-based thinking and values-focused work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working with a broad range of emotional and interpersonal issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with BACP and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted. Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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