Sian Readings, BACP

Sian Readings is a counsellor who aims to make talking about difficult things easier. She is friendly, down-to-earth and non-judgemental. Sian focuses on helping people find a clearer path through stressful or uncertain times. She works with concerns such as anxiety, low mood, relationship and intimacy difficulties, and the stresses that come with pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, chronic illness and pain, body image worries, and the emotional fallout of separation and divorce. Sian pays attention to how attachment and past experience shape present feelings and relationships. Sian uses client-centred therapy to put the person's experience at the heart of sessions. That approach means people lead the pace and focus while she follows and reflects back what matters most. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time and influence current choices. Her style is practical and down-to-earth. Sessions include listening, gentle questioning and helping people explore options that feel achievable. Sian aims to offer understanding alongside straightforward suggestions for coping and change. Sian holds BACP accreditation, which is shown here as BACP. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Sian uses client-centred therapy to centre sessions on the person's experience. That approach means the client sets the pace and topics while the counsellor listens and reflects, which can help with anxiety, low mood and relationship concerns.

She also works with psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns from the past that affect present feelings and relationships. This can be useful for understanding repeated difficulties, attachment issues, and the emotional impact of life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sian will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and she will help decide which way of working fits best. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Specific session formats were not listed in the biography, so please confirm available options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to see a therapist who understands your particular concerns even if they are not local.