About Danielle
Danielle (Dani) McTernan is a counsellor and psychotherapist registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has four years' experience and works with people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Dani is neuro-divergent and LGBTQ+ affirming, and she meets people with curiosity and respect.
Her style is warm, friendly and non-judgemental. Sessions move at the client's pace and focus on what brought them to therapy. Dani aims to help people uncover strengths and make choices that feel authentic and meaningful.
Background and approach
Dani draws on existential thinking alongside other therapeutic ways of working. She is interested in the big human questions - meaning, choice, anxiety and loss - and how these shape day-to-day life. This perspective helps people connect present choices with future possibility.
Practical concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem and sleep are commonly discussed. She also supports people facing trauma, parenting strain, career change, ADHD and compassion fatigue among other concerns. Phobias are included among the areas Dani lists.
Sessions are offered via video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, and Dani is comfortable mixing formats to suit a client's needs. The first steps are simple: complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session according to availability.
Approaches to help you online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being led by them. It focuses on what matters to the person and small steps that align with those values, often useful for anxiety and stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and uses practical strategies to change patterns that maintain difficulties such as low mood or sleep problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, focuses on identifying and processing strong emotions to improve self-understanding and relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dani will explore your goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together you can try methods and adjust plans so the approach fits your needs rather than forcing a single model.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when screen time works for you. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, written reflection or ongoing contact between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while still working with registered or accredited professionals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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