Siobhan Hopkins, BACP

Siobhan Hopkins offers calm, straightforward support for people facing life changes and difficult feelings. She focuses on practical understanding rather than quick fixes. She helps people talk through relationship problems, grief, parenting strains, career shifts, stress and anxiety. Her style is warm, open and gently humorous, aiming to make it easier to share what feels hard to say.

She works alongside clients to look for patterns that shape their reactions and relationships. Sessions draw on attachment ideas to map relational habits, client-centred listening to follow what matters to each person, and cognitive behavioural tools to tackle unhelpful thinking and behaviours. Jungian and mindfulness perspectives are used when they seem helpful to the person’s story.

Siobhan is a BACP counsellor. She trained at Newman University in Birmingham and has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the USA. That range of experience informs how she notices cultural and life-stage differences in people’s struggles.

People often come for help with grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, addiction-related impacts, and the emotional consequences of relationship breakdown. She also supports those dealing with ageing and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, cancer-related concerns and challenges linked to faith or spiritual change.

Her sessions emphasise respectful listening and practical steps clients can try between meetings. The aim is to help people find more choice in how they respond, build clearer communication, and regain energy for daily life. If someone wants to begin, Siobhan invites them to tell their story and set small, realistic goals together.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Siobhan uses attachment-based thinking to help people understand how past relationships influence current reactions and connections; this can be useful for relationship difficulties, abandonment fears and intimacy issues. Client-centred work means sessions follow what matters most to the person, with the counsellor reflecting and listening rather than giving direct advice. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments that reduce anxiety and change patterns of behaviour.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Siobhan will discuss your goals and preferences and try different ways of working until something feels helpful. Over time the pair will review what’s shifting and adjust methods to suit your needs and pace.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow follow-up between meetings. Some formats also let people choose shorter check-ins or avoid being on camera when that helps them engage more comfortably.