Sian Hines
Practical support for stress, relationships and life changes
About Sian
Sian Hines offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain or changes in life. She works with issues around intimacy, self-esteem, grief, addictions and parenting pressures. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what matters to the person in front of her.
Sian uses a blend of approaches chosen to fit each person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help change unhelpful thinking and reconnect with valued goals.
Background and approach
Attachment-based ideas help when relationship patterns or abandonment worries keep returning. The first meetings are about getting to know the person and agreeing simple goals. Sian talks through what counselling involves and sets out a clear plan together.
That helps people feel safer to look at painful memories or habits they want to change. She offers a warm, non-judgemental space where feelings are named and worked through at a manageable pace. Hypnotherapy and mindfulness tools may be used when helpful for sleep, anxiety or coping with medical issues like cancer.
Sian has four years of clinical experience and is registered with NCPS. She practises from the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English. People can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to connect.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to Sian's availability. The subscription model used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.
What Sian works with
How Sian works
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Sessions & fees
How online therapy and tailored approaches work together
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that fit their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with major life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can help when abandonment or trust issues keep repeating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they will choose or adapt methods so sessions are practical and aligned with the client's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when needed, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging is useful for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on steady progress.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
