Shiao-Wei Lin, BACP

Shiao-Wei Lin is a counsellor with ten years' experience who helps people facing midlife challenges and other major life changes. She speaks English and Mandarin and aims to offer a calm, listening space where people can talk through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, sleeping problems and shifts in purpose. Shiao-Wei is BACP accredited, which is shown as BACP in her profile.

Her style is humanistic and client-centred. Sessions focus on what matters to each person and on practical steps they can try between meetings. She uses conversational work to clarify patterns of thought and behaviour, and to surface ways to change small habits that make life feel easier.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques are used when they suit a person’s goals, for example to tackle anxiety, low mood or sleep difficulties. Solution-focused methods help set concrete short-term goals and spot what is already working. Internal Family Systems ideas may be drawn on to help people notice inner parts and how they influence feelings and choices.

Shiao-Wei aims to help people regain balance, reduce overwhelm and strengthen self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with family of origin issues, abandonment, divorce, addictions, domestic violence, body image and loss. Work can include coaching elements for practical life changes.

Sessions are intended for adults aged 18 and over. Prospective clients who want to check session options or timings should confirm details before booking.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Shiao-Wei draws on Client-Centred Therapy to create a listening space where people feel heard and can explore what matters most to them. This approach focuses on following the person’s lead, building understanding, and supporting self-directed change.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used to break down unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns into manageable steps. CBT techniques can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems by teaching practical strategies to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor treats approach selection as a collaborative conversation based on a person’s needs, goals and preferences. Together they try methods and adjust the plan as understanding grows.

Confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when life is hectic. It can also make it simpler to bring practical tools into daily routines and to use written exercises or recordings between meetings.