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Hi, I’m Siamak Diba and I’m a Therapist and Coach.
I offer face to face online and in person therapy sessions and I can help you with:

Anxiety:
Waking up worried or something during the day triggering your worries which sometimes is vague and sometimes specific,

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46 hires on Bark
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14 April 2023

I contacted Siamak twelve weeks ago regarding alcohol addiction. I did not know how to stop. I was desperate and felt I was falling into an abyss. Siamak helped me arrest that fall and has, through the weeks, truly set me in the road of recovery. We’ve looked at precursors to my drinking and have examined beliefs, attitudes and behaviours that no longer fit. I feel confident going forward that I now have the knowledge and skills to grow & thrive as I deserve to. As a therapist Siamak is undoubtedly highly knowledgeable, thoughtful and incisive but to talk to he is also a kind, loving, human being and I owe him a great debt of gratitude. More...

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23 March 2023

Addiction Therapy

I began working with Siamak (in London, UK) towards the end of 2022. Primarily for treatment related to my alcohol and drug additions.

Since then I have relocated to Australia, where I continue to work with Siamak online, focusing on change and managing personal relationships, along with general day-to-day stresses in my life.

Working with Siamak has allowed me to obtain sobriety and has enabled me to build healthy and meaningful habits to support me on this life long journey.

Siamak is attentive and very empathic. He provides very useful strategies and mechanisms to help manage and address the areas of concern in my life. He is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to all the various approaches psychology has to offer and he had found techniques to suit my personality.

I would highly recommend Siamak. He has helped me tremendously and I look forward to continue working with him.
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28 February 2023

My partner and I originally contacted Siamak for couples therapy 4ish months ago. His credentials seemed promising… and luckily he did not disappoint. Siamak is very personable and understanding due to his own experiences, and so I feel at ease when talking in session. I have had 2 counsellors (not therapists) prior to Siamak, and I wish I had found him sooner. I definitely feel like therapy is extremely helpful for both my relationship with myself and with my partner. More...

27 February 2023

I was struggling end of last year with a horrible breakup and illness in the family. I was finding it all overwhelming and couldn’t get my thoughts straight, Siamak really helped me understand my thoughts better and cope with the tough time. I am now feeling a much happier person with more confidence. Thank you Siamak! More...

18 February 2023

I started working with Siamak during my 6 week stay at an addiction treatment centre in early 2022. His incisive, often irreverent, approach struck a chord with me and put me at ease (I'm not the sort of person who generally responds well to authority or clinical settings! ). I was also drawn to his clarity and depth, and decided to continue my sessions with him when I returned home.

There is a strong sense of trust and safety, not only because he has experienced the extreme , but also because he is authentically himself in the room with you. You can be utterly honest with Siamak, knowing he'll be honest with you in return.

His ability to really see what it is I'm saying (or not saying!), and gently disrupt long-established patterns of thought and behaviour by helping me understand the underlying causes has made a significant positive impact on my life.

Working with Siamak has been a truly eye-opening and transformative experience. His unquestionable expertise in the field of addiction has been integral to my recovery. His help and support during those early days was invaluable, and coming up to one year sober now I'm grateful for the large part he has played in my journey.

Time spent talking with Siamak is always time well spent.

"What hurts you, blesses you.
Darkness is your candle.
Your boundaries are your quest.
You must have shadow and light source both."
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3 February 2023

Siamak has been supporting ourselves and our family for the last year or so.
His key qualities are that he is prepared and capable of tackling complex challenges and issues.
We have sought support for our family for a number of years from a number of professionals and not found anyone as capable, knowledgeable and as engaged as Siamak.
He goes above and beyond and has made himself available, out of hours, as and when crises have arisen.
We really value his sometimes unorthodox approach ( which is deeply refreshing) his sense of humour, his honesty, his huge compassion.
We have felt entirely seen and heard and supported.
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12 January 2023

My husband and I have been working with Siamak for a few months now and we are really happy. He is very professional and knowledgeable. For my husband has been difficult to trust someone to do therapy but this changed with Siamak . It has helped our relationship improve a lot and we will continue to do more sessions. More...

4 October 2022

I would highly recommend therapy with Siiamak , he is extremely knowledgeable and wise .
He has helped me with self esteem issues , relationship issues and understanding childhood trauma .

30 September 2022

I’ve been having therapy for a year now and have made a lot of progress mentally. I have talked about my self harming and managed to stop that habit and have been able to open up about delusional thoughts and understand that they are not real. Siamak had helped me become a lot more mentally stable than I was last year which I am very grateful for. More...

25 September 2022

Enjoy working with Siamak ,who has a unique way allowing you to delve into historic trauma and address those issues at your own pace

24 September 2022

I have found this work with ' The Life you want', very beneficial. I have been heard, and allowed to explore my issues with very helpful responses. I wish to have an inner peace, and live as harmonious a life with the World about me. I feel this work will aid me in these desires. More...

17 July 2022

When I first meet Siamak I was lost in life, existing not living. The decision to have sessions with Siamak was one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. Siamak was the only therapist that got to the root cause of my suffering, I’ve had countless therapists, Residential therapy but the treatment programme we done has been the most rewarding in terms of feeling like I belong again. The connection I felt was so important when talking about the past and Siamak helped me face all my fears.
It has been so crucial to make me stronger and without him I don’t know where I would be.
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6 July 2022

I approached Siamak almost as a last throw of the dice to help me conquer my addiction to alcohol. I immediately felt secure in his company as he is so warm, understanding and approachable. His help has been invaluable, life saving in fact, and I always look forward to the next session. He has made me reassess my life and pulled me back from the brink of despair for which I will always be grateful, I highly recommend him More...

6 June 2022

Hi, I was introduced to therapy/counselling with a very closed mind, stuck in my ways, thinking I could never change and that I’m the person I am… wow I was so so wrong! Siamak has opened my mined, he has explained my feelings and thoughts on a whole different level. I now understand myself in a way I never thought I could have.. I had relationship and addiction issues, Siamak has helped me enormously with both.. I can not recommend him enough.. More...

25 May 2022

I am a relatively new client, but I can highly recommend this service. With a responsive and personable approach, I find this service one that allows the space and safety to explore the challenging issues leading to personal distress. Finding a good match with a therapist is always a daunting task, but I found this service both knowledgable and adaptable, suggesting that for others seeking support, this may be a great place to start! More...

19 May 2022

Siamak is an top counsellor, who has helped me with complex issues including addiction, however he has also provided me with a great deal of insight into myself in general. He is friendly, approachable and very knowledgeable. He has managed to help me explore some real issues in a safe, understanding way and I am thankful for having the opportunity to work through much with him. More...

16 May 2022

Siamak is simply brilliant. He’s intelligent, easy going and personable. He’s helped me enormously in many different areas of my life. The work we did together around ego states and inner child therapy was invaluable More...

9 May 2022

Siamak is very knowledgeable in his field and has helped me get a much deeper understanding of my different ego states whilst helping me develop tools to help build a life of meaning and purpose. He is very personable and my sessions have been extremely valuable. I would absolutely recommend him to anyone who would like to get a better understanding of themselves. More...

28 December 2021

I have struggled with addiction all of my adult life, after going down many different roads searching for help, eventually I found siamak. In 6 sessions I learned more than I have ever done about my illness and ways to cope with it. I would recommend him to anyone who genuinely wants help. More...

25 December 2021

Learning to let clouds pass, not fearing accountabilty, remaining open to new friendships, developing an interioriy that remains intact no matter what happens, doing my part to transform toxic rematioshios into healthier ones, doing my part every day and letting others do theirs, trusting life but also knowing bad/sad stuff happens, knowing i can face it.

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7 November 2021

Counselling

Working with Siamak was a challenging but rewarding experience. He helped us to move forward in many areas of our life and brought thoughtfulness and closure to some of our issues. The counselling was hard to go through but we believe it has brought us back on track together and for that we are grateful. More...

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6 November 2021

Relationship and Marriage Counselling

After reaching a point of complete despair within my relationship I had begun to think my partner & I had reached a point of no return.
I did not want to give up, with the last piece of hope I had left to give I went online & came across Siamak.
What I had found was an extremely knowledgeable, professional, respectful & kind real person! Who has lived a life & understands the many hurdles any relationship may have to jump.
I couldn’t recommend Siamak enough, he has saved us & has helped us both understand each other in a way we were unable to before his help.
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17 October 2021

Couples Counselling

I thank God for that moment when i reached bark and find siamak diba for counseling.i was going through very emotional and vounreabl state of mind and my relation my whole life was effecting due to that. siamak helped me find the way to back to myself and teaches me to take care of my mental health.he is highly professional and knows his job very well.i couldn't thank him enough. More...

7 August 2021

Siamak was awesome at the ARC. I personally requested for his counselling and my gut instincts were right. He is passionate to help and knows his stuff. I look forward to more ongoing therapy. Thank you so much Siamak More...

8 July 2021

I am still working with my counsellor and I am certain it is a massive help to me. From talking through my issues honestly to theories behind behaviour and changing my thoughts for the better. It’s also beneficial having a professional that has been through similar processes and life experiences. This means I don’t just get someone that knows the text books , the theory, the science and the methods of healing but also someone that has lived it for themselves and “gets it”. So I get the best of both worlds - technical and mental health expertise as well as real insight and resonance with my issues. More...

14 June 2021

I cannot thank Siamak enough for the confidence he gifted me.
He didn’t need my words and detailed elaboration of my problem. His intuitive, honest, and insightful perception was exactly what I needed to feel at ease and let my guard down.
He carefully and smartly changed my thought processes and helped me to get rid of damaging and destructive beliefs. I could then identify the real root of the issues I was struggling with. He made an invaluable change in my attitude and gave me the key to open the door to a healthier approach to various complex situations.
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12 June 2021

Having been sceptical about sharing my feelings with a psychologist in the past, Siamak’s openness and reassurance makes me feel more at ease to have a dialogue about areas in my life that I have would normally have trouble discussing.

10 June 2021

Siamak had significantly changed my mindset and it has allowed me to refocus on a life worth living. I appreciate that I am a complex character with many levels that needed unravelling and with Siamak’s help have been stripped back and slowly carefully and expertly rebuilt.

9 June 2021

Working with Siamak has been a life-changing experience. He has a calm reassuring energy, which instantly put me at ease and I felt so much relief after talking to him. within the first session he created an environment of friendliness, safety and hope. Every single session I walked out with greater confidence,actionable tools and skills that made daily life much easier. He helped me to understand myself better and to understand why I struggle with things that others find easy and more importantly what I can do about it. I’m living again.
I cannot recommend him highly enough.
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8 June 2021

I've been working with Siamak on and off for some time. Not because things aren't shifting! BUT because I find his Transactional Analysis approach and Inner Child work utterly invaluable to my journey of transformation. He's helped take me to a deeper level of self-exploration, personal understanding, accountability and self-love without the criticism and judgement I've been throwing at myself for decades. The work we've done together has been an integral part of my recovery, after experiencing extreme personal and professional burnout. Siamak has assisted in my healing, freeing me from the 'old stuff' and still serves as a guide on my journey of further self-discovery and exploration. He's deeply engaged, he's caring, totally in tune, and, if the timing is appropriate, rather funny too. He helps make the 'work' feel like an adventure. I cannot recommend him highly enough. More...

4 June 2021

I didn’t know my life had been based around fear and avoiding feeling states. At some point, I’d made it unsafe to feel normal human emotions like anger, anxiety and guilt. Start your new life helped me to make it safe to feel these things again. I no longer have to hide from feelings with alcohol or antidepressants. Thank you. More...

31 May 2021

I've been working with Siamak for just over 6 months. I found an instant rapport upon speaking with him for the first time. He was insightful to my situation and needs and we have been able to tackle some of the core issues I wanted to deal with.

I've found Siamak to be emotionally intelligent and sensitive to my needs. He's a quick and nimble thinker, able to draw from many different psychological frameworks in order to meet the specific needs I have, and to help me not only address my trauma, but to bring healing to that space and equip me with a framework in order to better understand and take care of myself. A framework which I can own and continue to use post-therapy.
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Q&As

The magic!
What I mean by that is witnessing a person's experiences of life change, quite dramatically and in a lot of cases, in a short space of time.
Learning people's old stories and showing them it's now time for a new, better story.

Wanting to reach more people, further afield. Covid-19 has had its downs, but one of the ups is that we can connect with each other wherever in the world we are. I have clients in Canada, Israel, Holland, Australia, USA, Iran and of course in our own backyard in the UK, and it is great to see this unique therapy travel.

Clients come into therapy to change their future not the past! (M.Erikson)
There are good therapists around of course, but I hear many of you complain that therapy mostly feels like and grinding water and Talking and talking until things get better does not suit some.
I formulate a way forward and a clear therapy journey for you.
I offer an integrative, holistic, outcome-oriented, solution-focused, passionate and compassionate therapy journey. I'm interested in seeing results quickly, and I'm always curious to learn and to continue becoming.
I also make myself available for WhatsApp support during our engagement and in between sessions
What we do works. Your life will change.

Yes, I mostly use Zoom although some clients prefer Skype. Once we've arranged our sessions, I'll then send you the joining details.

Since lockdown, a lot of our sessions have been on Zoom, and online, the sessions are covid safe.

Services

Hi, I’m Siamak Diba and I’m a psychotherapist. I offer in person or online therapy sessions and I can help you with anxiety & the other issues it brings.

I’m qualified in contemporary psychotherapy and am a master Neuro-Linguistic-Programming practitioner. I have worked with over a 1000 people over almost 16 years.

I was aslo the co-founder/manager of ARC Drug and Alcohol rehab (www.arcproject.org.uk)


I have learned that many struggles faced in addiction, are not exclusive to 'addicts'.

you may have had circumstances where you have:

Become obsessed and preoccupied
Have had to get into secrecy and lies
Have had to tell more lies to protect the original lie
Have neglected things and people and yourself
Have felt like you are not in control of your life
Continually worried about the future
Remained preoccupied with the past
Experienced the same problems and conflicts over
and over
Felt powerless to do anything about certain problems
Felt frustrated in your relationships
Certain traumas and past events continue to make
you suffer
Possibly more…

I know you have sometimes

Felt like you have been living a parallel life.
Felt anxiety and even mini-panics when you’ve been
at risk of being found out.
Reacted defensively and aggressively when
questioned.
Felt deep shame inside, yet were unable to stop.
Carried resentments which have kept eating you up.
Felt stuck.
Felt hopeless.
Experienced feelings of impending disaster.
Felt that any good things in your life won’t last and
might be taken away any time.
Possibly more…

Maybe a crisis has brought you here and maybe you also feel not much hope is left, or maybe a combination of events and situations have made things feel overwhelming, but you need to hear this:

You will be OK! We CAN handle this and you CAN break free and have the best life that you want!

There is however some work to be done and through our therapy sessions I will provide the space and the tools for you to:

Understand
Accept
Heal
Change
Thrive

In the sessions we will work on your thinking, feelings, behaviour and we will explore the background of where your beliefs come from and we will change the attitudes that don’t serve you.

Once your perception has changed, your experience of life will be different!

We will also shift from the mind onto your ‘noticing, observer self’ which will have the effect of empowering you.

We will achieve presence by moving into the present moment, where all your power and choice lies.
To have all this change take place, I will use quite a few psychological tools. Some of those without going into too much detail will be:

Transactional Analysis
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Inner Child Work
Dialectic Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Psychodynamic exploration
Relational Frame Theory
Neuro Linguistic Programming

There will be more tools used and this is the uniqueness of my approach. It is that for 15 years I have worked in a psychology based, innovative treatment centre where all the above psychological sciences have been tried, tested and honed into a very effective therapy.

Let me tell you about the recent times when because of this Covid-19 business I found enough time to do extensive research on therapies offered online. I had for ages meant to do this research but laziness or procrastination had prevented me & then this Corona situation left me with much more time and not many excuses!

So I have researched therapies and therapists and have looked at what they offer. Some of them are pretty good. But There Can Be Much More. There is a lot missing and so many “holes” in most of their limited approaches.

We will do much more! We will fill those “holes” with our approach! We will be HOLISTIC & you WILL enjoy your BECOMING!

I work in an OUTCOME BASED & SOLUTION ORIENTED way and want to see results working quickly in your life, rather than dragging this out for years and years. 

I offer an initial session for £10. The charge is to ensure attendance. We need to know that we can work together before getting into it.
Contact me,
Let's start this journey!

What's important to you?
What do you want your life to be like?
What is your life like now?
In what ways would you like your life to change?
What are some of the obstacles between you and the life you want?
What are some of the ways of overcoming the obstacles?
How are you going to effectively implement your new ways?
How will you know that you're "making it"?
What to do now?
I will walk with you into the answers;
So contact me and let's begin NOW!