Easygoing • Compassionate • Warm
Hi there, My name is Siobhan and I am a CBT Therapist. I work with clients from across Edinburgh from my private therapy space in New Town, as well as offering online CBT sessions. I am a fully qualified therapist working full time with a lot of experience - I have spent almost 2,500 hours with clients.
I love being a therapist. It is such a privilege to provide a safe place for people to be able to open up and share and really be heard. Clients tend to like that I am easy going, understanding, non judgemental and I like to think that I am funny in my own elder millennial way! I am also dedicated to my clients. I spend a lot of time on training courses and researching the best tools and techniques my clients would really benefit from. I work in a structured way ensuring clients get the most out of our time together. I know what a big commitment coming to therapy is.
I really appreciate the freedom of running my own business and I take work/life balance very seriously. I travel as often as I can, I love animals (especially my two cats Daisy and Dexter, and whales), reading destination thrillers and exploring Edinburgh's Hidden Gems.
How we will work together
In our therapy sessions we will come up with goals together and will use different tools and techniques to help you work towards those goals. CBT is all about how the way we think impacts our emotions and behaviours and how a change in one of those areas will impact all the others. I believe change is always possible. I will be there to celebrate your wins big and small, and challenge you in a gentle compassionate way.
Some sessions we will use CBT tools and some sessions we will just talk. You can talk about what ever you want to in our sessions - something that happened that day or 40 years ago, it is up to you. This is a safe space for you.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an evidence based therapy recommended for lots of different things including depression and anxiety. I specialise in CBT for anxiety, as well as self esteem, depression/low mood and specific fears like flying. I work often with students, those in transitionary periods of their lives (like having moved to a new country or going through a break up) and those in the creative industry. I work with all sorts of different people on all sorts of different journeys. The therapy will be tailored for you and what you are hoping to achieve.
I really love talking about the benefits of therapy so if you have any questions or worries at all, book a free 15 minute intro call and we can chat those over. The intro call is a chance for us to find out a bit more about each other and how we would go about working together. We can chat about what you can expect on your first session as well as how to help you get the most out of your budget and time.
Contact me
Feel ready to take the next step? Fill out the contact form and I will get in touch with you. I offer a free 30 minute telephone consultation.
