Sian Doyle Therapy

About me

A very warm welcome to my website! Life can be challenging, and it is both important and brave in these moments to reach out for support. 

I am a registered psychotherapist with a wide range of clinical experience. I am also a mother and a former lawyer. This has given me a trusted insight into navigating the demands of work, family and social connections.

These competing challenges can cause us to suffer. I have come to realise that the symptoms of our suffering are often the body’s way of guiding us towards a healthier balanced life. I hope to support you as you uncover your inner wisdom.

I very much look forward to meeting you, and to taking this journey together towards a more self-compassionate awareness of what it means to be you.

Warm wishes,

Sian

“We heal in community, not in isolation.”

— Esther Perel

Why have Therapy?

Carrying emotional distress can be exhausting. We might valiantly try to ignore, mask or project these uncomfortable emotions. We often find ourselves choosing between unhealthy coping mechanisms, or opting out completely.

It has become clear to me that unacknowledged feelings can be unbalancing. They may lead to feelings of anxiety and depression, guilt and shame, difficulty sleeping, and/or physical illness. There may even be a sense that the world is conspiring to let us down or a feeling of ‘working hard but getting nowhere’.

 “Therapy is a gift. It is a chance to finally be heard, understood and supported.”

Bessel van der Kolk (author and clinician).

I believe this to be true. My feeling is that no matter what ails us, a huge sense of relief can be felt when we share our stories in a safe and confidential therapeutic space.

The wisdom of attuned therapy can lead you back to a healthier and more self-accepting version of yourself.

 

Awakening

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Healing

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Acceptance

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Awakening · Healing · Acceptance ·

"The spiral in psychology means that when you make a spiral you always come over the same point where you have been before, but it's never really the same; it is above, or below, inside, outside-so it means growth" - Jung

My Style of Therapy

I am a relational therapist, which means I place you at the heart of our work together.  Our relationship forms a consistent and reliable thread which I hope will help you to weave your journey back to yourself.

Each session is tailored to your needs, and I will draw upon a wide variety of therapeutic techniques so that you might reach a better understanding and acceptance of yourself. 

These may include my use of: 

  • Attachment-informed and psychodynamic therapy- looking together at the effects which your early relationships continue to have on your current life and relationships;

  • Gestalt therapy- helping you to become more aware of your thoughts, feelings and body sensations in each moment and how these are shaping your behaviours and relationships;

  • Transactional analysis- understanding your default styles of communication within your relationships and the unconscious ‘script’ which might be running your life; and

  • Transpersonal- exploring tensions between your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual being. This may include ‘parts-work’ and looking at your dreams.

I firmly believe that the answers which you may be seeking are already inside you and I am here to help you discover where to look, with kindness, empathy and warmth. It will be such an honour to work alongside you in this way.

  • AWAKENING

    “When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, and your worthiness, are a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.” - Brene Brown

  • HEALING

    “I am not what has happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” - Jung

  • ACCEPTANCE

    “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” - Dalai Lama

Some areas I have worked in:

Anxiety, attachment wounds, childhood trauma, commitment issues, depression, living with disability, eating disorders, health-related issues, insomnia, loss and bereavement, identity, life transitions and change, menopause, miscarriage, parenting, professional burn-out, redundancy, relationship issues, self-esteem, spirituality, trauma, university life, work-related issues.

Details of our Sessions

Each session is 50 minutes and I work on a weekly and open-ended basis. You can choose whether our sessions are conducted via Zoom or in-person. My therapy rooms are located in London, SW4 and SW11.

My sessions are £75, with a limited number of low cost places for students and those on a lower income. 

Please contact me to arrange a free 15-minute zoom session (or phone chat) if you would like to explore how it might feel to work together.

“Peace.  It does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise or hard work.  It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”

(Upekkha; the Buddhist concept of equanimity)