About Shiao-Wei
Shiao-Wei Lin is a BACP counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and related stresses. She speaks English and Mandarin and has ten years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom. Her style is warm and respectful, aimed at making it easier to talk about difficult emotions and everyday pressures.
She draws on humanistic, client-centred principles to listen without judgement. Sessions are intended to help clients name feelings, spot unhelpful patterns, and find ways to make changes that fit their life.
Background and approach
Practical tools from cognitive behavioural approaches and solution-focused work are used when they suit the situation. Shiao-Wei also uses parts-based ideas from Internal Family Systems to help people understand conflicting thoughts and feelings. This can be useful when anxiety, shame, or grief make it hard to feel steady.
She adapts the methods to what each person needs rather than following a fixed recipe. Typical concerns she supports include stress, relationships, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, addictions, sleep problems, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional areas listed include family of origin issues, adoption and foster care, body image, divorce and separation, and grief.
Sessions aim to leave clients feeling heard and clearer about next steps. The work includes talking, practical exercises, and building small habits to reduce distress. Shiao-Wei helps people set achievable goals and track progress as they move forward.
How Shiao-Wei’s approaches work online
Shiao-Wei commonly uses client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques in online sessions. Client-centred work means the conversation is led by the person seeking help and the counsellor reflects back what she hears to help clarify feelings and priorities. Cognitive behavioural techniques involve identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioural experiments to reduce anxiety and improve sleep or mood.She also draws on solution-focused ideas that look for practical steps and strengths to build on. That approach is useful when someone wants to see quick changes or create a short-term plan. Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to the client’s needs, goals, and preferences rather than imposing a single style.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions suit those with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, day-to-day coaching, or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life, or travel while still accessing the same therapeutic methods.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
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