Danielle (Dani) McTernan
Supportive integrative counsellor for life changes
About Danielle
Danielle (Dani) McTernan is a counsellor and psychotherapist practising in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation and has four years of experience. Dani welcomes people from different backgrounds and meets each person with curiosity and respect.
She describes her approach as warm, friendly and non-judgemental. Sessions focus on the person's lived experience and what they want to change. Dani works at a pace that suits the individual and emphasises strengths and practical choices.
Background and approach
Dani identifies as neuro-divergent and is LGBTQ+ affirming. She treats clients' stories with care and aims to create a space where people can speak openly about identity, values and meaning. Her work is grounded in helping people make decisions that feel authentic.
Therapeutically she draws on a mix of approaches, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive tools and emotion-focused work. She uses these methods to help with anxiety, depression, trauma, sleep problems, self-esteem and anger, among other concerns. Dani also supports people facing career stress, grief, parenting strains and long-term health issues.
Sessions can happen online, by phone, live chat or text messaging. Dani is flexible about format and will adapt methods to suit the way a person prefers to communicate. She encourages small steps and practical strategies alongside deeper conversations about meaning and identity.
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that translate to online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed by them. It focuses on identifying values and taking small, meaningful actions even when feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical strategies to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, concentrates on recognising and working with emotions to build clearer understanding and stronger emotional regulation.Choosing the right approach is part of the work itself. Dani will talk with each person about their goals, life circumstances and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adapt them over time if needed, keeping the process collaborative and responsive.
Online therapy here is offered using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins, ongoing support or when someone prefers not to use a camera. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, travel or busy home life and let people try different formats to see what helps most.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
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 counselling
- 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-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour 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
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
