Siamak Ehteshamzadeh

Siamak Ehteshamzadeh is a UK-based counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain and the effects of trauma and abuse. He has five years of professional experience and works in English and Persian. He aims to make the first step into therapy feel straightforward and manageable for people who feel nervous about reaching out.

Siamak focuses on creating an open, non-judgemental space where clients can talk through difficult thoughts and feelings. He encourages practical steps that people can use between sessions, not just talk in the room. Many clients come with worries about family conflict, problems with self-worth, or the loneliness that follows life changes.

His approach draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to match what each person needs. He also uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing where appropriate. Siamak works collaboratively to pick exercises and strategies that fit each person’s life.

Sessions often involve clear goals, short experiments to try between meetings, and checking what is helping. He pays attention to practical stresses too, like money worries, carer strain and midlife transitions. He supports people dealing with issues like abandonment, body image and hoarding alongside core concerns such as depression and post-traumatic stress.

People can expect straightforward communication and a focus on steps they can take themselves. Siamak encourages realistic progress at a pace that suits each person.

How his approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and still move toward the things that matter to them. Online sessions can focus on identifying values and setting small, doable actions to try during the week. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses short exercises to test new ways of thinking. In an online meeting this often becomes a clear plan of steps and experiments to practise between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding emotional responses in relationships and on building new patterns of connection; it can be used to map recurring interaction patterns and try different responses.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what to try first, and then adjust based on what helps. That decision is based on the client’s goals, symptoms and day-to-day life rather than a fixed method.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions more easily around work and caring commitments and avoiding travel time. It can make it simpler to keep regular appointments and to use short check-ins when needed. Since session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm current options before booking to know which formats are offered.