About Danny
Danny Byrne is a BACP counsellor who aims to make therapy simple and practical. He offers straightforward, down-to-earth support for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, low mood, trauma, or addictive patterns. Conversations are plain, focused and non-judgemental so clients can start making small, useful changes quickly.
Danny blends evidence-based tools with a warm, empathetic style. He uses cognitive behavioural techniques to create structure and practical skills. He combines this with client-centred listening to help people feel heard and understood.
Background and approach
Sessions often begin by identifying a few clear goals and actions. Danny works through patterns that keep problems stuck, such as avoidance, negative self-talk, or relationship difficulties. He also supports people dealing with grief, career stress, parenting strain, and sexuality-related concerns including LGBT matters.
People bring a range of concerns, from phobias and sleep problems to anger and compassion fatigue. Danny has eight years of practice and usually focuses on building coping skills, calming the nervous system, and improving daily routines. He frames therapy as collaborative work rather than telling someone what to do.
Online and phone sessions are offered to fit busy lives, with options for live chat or text-based messaging. The aim is to help clients take practical steps between sessions and notice steady improvements over time.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand connection and trust issues and can be useful for relationship worries, abandonment concerns, and attachment-related anxiety.Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experiences at the centre. The counsellor listens carefully, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own solutions. This approach supports self-esteem, grief work, and identity questions including LGBT concerns.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers concrete tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It is helpful for anxiety, phobias, low mood, sleep issues, and addictive patterns by breaking down problems into manageable steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, try methods together, and adjust based on what suits the person's needs and preferences. Therapy is collaborative rather than prescriptive, so the approach can shift as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and exercises that need visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, ongoing support, or when people prefer not to use audio. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel without losing continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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