About Daniel
Daniel Childs is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 12 years of clinical experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and a wide range of life challenges. Daniel aims to create a warm and down-to-earth atmosphere so clients feel comfortable speaking openly from the first session.
He uses straightforward, practical methods to help people manage symptoms and make changes that matter in daily life. Sessions often focus on identifying patterns that cause distress and building small, realistic steps to try at home.
How Daniel works
Daniel blends different ways of working to match each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. Clients can expect a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through problems such as relationship strain, parenting pressures, addiction concerns, eating or sleeping difficulties, and work or career stresses.
He also supports people dealing with identity-related questions, intimacy issues, and the effects of long-term caregiving or chronic illness. Daniel draws on approaches including client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques, psychodynamic thinking, solution-focused strategies and trauma-focused methods. He aims to explain these approaches in plain language and to involve clients in choosing what feels most helpful.
People who reach out are guided through a simple start-up process and can book sessions in formats that suit them. Daniel keeps a straightforward, approachable style and prioritises listening carefully to each person's story.
Daniel lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Daniel works with
The areas below are the ones Daniel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- 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
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- 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 esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Daniel’s approaches work online
Client-centred work focuses on the person's own priorities and pace. The therapist listens closely and reflects what matters to the client, which helps people feel understood and decide what to work on next. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviours that maintain problems and teaches practical techniques to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression and sleep issues.Deciding on an approach is collaborative. Daniel will talk through different options and try methods that fit the client's goals and situation. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on what helps most, so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is low or someone prefers not to be on camera. Shorter check-ins by chat or messaging can fit into a busy week and help keep progress between longer sessions. These options make it easier to arrange therapy around work, caregiving and everyday life.
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