Shadi Shayan, HCPC

Shadi Shayan offers practical, evidence-based therapy tailored to each person's situation. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship tension, parenting pressures and worries about self-esteem. Shadi speaks English and Persian and provides sessions online for people in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Shadi has ten years of professional experience and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC. She focuses on helping people understand patterns that affect their mood and choices. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at finding realistic steps to feel more capable day to day.

Sessions often begin with a short review of what matters most right now. From there Shadi and the person set goals and try small changes to test what helps. She adjusts the pace and methods to match how someone prefers to work and what fits their life.

Common themes she supports include attachment and abandonment concerns, control issues, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, and challenges linked to immigration or fatherhood. She also helps with jealousy, phobias, midlife questions, and finding life purpose.

Shadi aims to bring warmth and respect to every conversation. She encourages honest talk and practical steps rather than jargon. Starting therapy can feel hard, and she focuses on clear, manageable ways forward.

Approaches and how online therapy works

Shadi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people understand patterns and try practical changes. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours to reduce anxiety and improve mood; this helps with stress, phobias and low self-esteem. Another approach emphasises understanding attachment and relationship patterns to improve how someone connects and responds to others; this is useful for relationship tensions, abandonment concerns and parenting stress.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Shadi works collaboratively to match methods to each person's goals, preferences and life situation. Together they review what is working and adapt the plan over time so therapy stays relevant and manageable.

Online therapy offers flexibility and makes regular sessions easier to fit into busy schedules. Video calls allow visual connection for deeper conversations, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people access therapy from different locations and at times that fit their routines.