Sian Doyle

Sian Doyle is a qualified psychotherapist with an accredited diploma, and has a wide range of clinical experience. She works in private practice at The Awareness Centre in Clapham.  She is registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and works with integrity and confidentiality in accordance with their Ethical Framework.  Sian is also a mother and former lawyer. This has given her a trusted insight into navigating the demands of work, family and social connections.

Sian understands that life’s competing challenges can cause us to suffer, and that it is both important and brave in these moments to reach out for support. Sian agrees that therapy is a gift to ourselves, and “a chance to finally be heard and understood.” (Bessel van der Kolk.)

Sian believes that the symptoms of this suffering are often the body’s way of guiding us towards a healthier balanced life.  On the journey, we might have tried valiantly to ignore, mask, or project uncomfortable emotions.  We might have find ourselves choosing between unhealthy coping mechanisms, or opting out completely. Sian hopes to support you as you uncover your inner wisdom, certain that “we heal in community, not in isolation.” (Ester Perel).

Sian is a relational psychotherapist, which means you are placed at the heart of the work together, and the therapeutic relationship forms a consistent and reliable thread to help you to weave your journey back to yourself.  Each session is tailored to your needs, and Sian will draw upon a wide variety of therapeutic techniques so that you might reach a better understanding and acceptance of yourself. These may include Sian’s use of attachment-informed and psychodynamic therapy- in other words, looking together at the effects which your early relationships continue to have on your current life. We might also explore your default styles of communication within your relationships, and the unconscious ‘script’ which might be running your life.  We may gently look at the tensions between your physical, emotional and spiritual being, using ‘parts-work’ and looking at your dreams.

Sian firmly believes that the answers which you may be seeking are already inside you, and she will help you discover where to look, with kindness, empathy and warmth.