Sian Owen, BACP

Sian Owen works from a practical, person-focused approach that puts choice and values at the centre of therapy. She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness techniques to help people manage difficult feelings and make changes that matter to them. Sian is BACP accredited which reflects her commitment to professional practice. She speaks English and Welsh and provides sessions online for clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Sian has five years of clinical experience working with stress and anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, anger and motivation issues. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue and addictive behaviours. Practical coping skills and small steps towards clear goals are central to her work.

Her style is calm and collaborative. Sian listens first, then helps people map out what matters to them and which strategies fit their day-to-day life. Sessions often include mindfulness exercises, behavioural experiments and simple thinking tools to reduce overwhelm and build resilience.

Sian also helps with relationship concerns, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar mood management and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include abandonment, chronic pain or illness, codependency and separation or divorce. She tailors conversations to each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

If someone prefers to work in Welsh she can do that. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and a scheduled online session are the usual first steps. Sian aims to make therapy feel manageable and relevant from the first meeting.

Therapeutic approaches for online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then focus on actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers straightforward techniques to reduce unhelpful patterns and improve day-to-day functioning. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce overwhelm and increase present-moment calm.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to the person’s story, discuss goals and try different techniques to see what fits. This is a collaborative process and methods can be adjusted as needs and preferences become clearer.

Online therapy with this practitioner is available by video call, by phone, via live chat or through text-based messaging. Video calls are good for longer sessions and visual connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities or errands, while still accessing the same therapeutic approaches used in face-to-face work.