About

Hello and thanks for popping in. I’m Dr Sian Williams, an HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist working in the NHS, helping emergency responders manage acute anxiety, stress and trauma. In my private practice, I work with media and production companies and individual journalists learn how to manage their mental health in challenging circumstances. 

I’m also a broadcaster, having spent nearly 40 years in TV and radio, across BBC and ITN. I anchored BBC Breakfast for 11 years and presented shows like Saturday Live, Sunday Morning Live and Crimewatch. At ITV, I hosted six prime-time series of Save Money, Good Health and was also the main anchor at Channel 5 News for 6 years.

I present the BBC Radio 4/BBC Sounds series on people recovering from extraordinary events,  Life Changing.   Described by one newspaper as “utterly compelling”, it’s already had more than TEN MILLION downloads and we have a new series airing soon. 

My book, Rise: Surviving and Thriving after Trauma, is a personal story of how we can rebuild after a traumatic event shatters our life. It’s illustrated by experiences (including mine) and backed up by science. I’ve also made three Radio 4 series on the mind and the brain: The Thought Chamber, How to Have a Better Brain (described by The Psychologist magazine as “touching and illuminating, a great listen”) and The Science of Resilience.

I deliver resilience and trauma-informed workshops to broadcast and print media including The Guardian, BBC Studios, ITN. Passion Productions and Sky, companies like Amnesty International and OFCOM and also work with individual journalists and presenters. I’ve also chaired discussions and conferences for The British Psychological Society and Google. 

For more details on my work in psychology, please visit the Psychology section of this website.

To read more about my broadcasting career, please go to the Broadcaster page.

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