Shiao-Wei Lin, BACP

Shiao-Wei Lin greets people with a calm, practical approach. She aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for someone feeling overwhelmed. Sessions focus on understanding day-to-day struggles and finding small, useful steps forward. Shiao-Wei speaks English and Mandarin and works from the United Kingdom.

Shiao-Wei holds BACP, which means she is recognised by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She draws on a humanistic stance that treats each person with respect and without judgement. That outlook helps people feel heard and understood before practical tools are introduced.

Her work blends gentle exploration with goal-focused methods. She uses client-centred listening alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours. Solution-Focused ideas help set short-term, achievable goals.

Shiao-Wei also brings Internal Family Systems ideas into sessions, helping people notice different parts of themselves and how those parts relate. She aims to reduce shame and increase self-understanding so clients can try different choices in daily life.

Across ten years of practice she has supported people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, sleep problems, addiction concerns, and self-esteem struggles. She also addresses issues linked to adoption and foster care, family of origin, divorce and separation, and other family-related stresses.

People who would benefit are those wanting a respectful listener and practical steps to change. The therapist invites potential clients to consider what they hope to change and to start with a short matching questionnaire to connect with her practice.

Therapeutic approaches and online working

Shiao-Wei uses client-centred work that focuses on listening carefully and reflecting back what matters to a person. This approach helps people feel understood and gives space to clarify what they want to change.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. CBT helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practise different ways of responding to daily stresses.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with clients about their needs, goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and may shift as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, check which formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Confirmed formats will determine whether a session might be a shorter check-in, involve video, or use another arrangement. One practical benefit of online work is fitting therapy around busy days, making it easier to attend without travel. It can also allow quieter, lower-bandwidth options for people who prefer not to use video. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and goal-setting to work well across different session types.