About Daniel
Daniel Garcia Higuera trained in psychology and has several postgraduate qualifications. He presents as a counsellor registered with NCPS and has six years of professional experience. He offers therapy in English and Spanish and aims to make sessions straightforward and practical.
He uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and client-centred work. Sessions focus on helping people notice patterns, try small changes and develop clearer personal values.
How Daniel works
Conversations are direct and aimed at workable steps rather than lengthy theory. Daniel has worked with people facing stress, anxiety and depression. He has supported those dealing with addictions, grief and trauma, and has experience addressing self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues.
He also works with concerns around eating, sleeping and career changes. Additional areas he pays attention to include ADHD, compassion fatigue and the practical challenges of caregiving. He is familiar with matters linked to adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties and neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome.
He can also discuss body image, chronic illness and bereavement-related struggles. His sessions combine practical tools, mindfulness and emotion-focused conversation. People can expect collaborative goal-setting and a focus on what can be tried between sessions.
Daniel aims to help people build clearer direction and steadier day-to-day coping.
Daniel lists 12 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
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
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- 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
- LGBT
- 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 esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches you can try online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take meaningful action despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for stress, anxiety and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing small behavioural changes to reduce symptoms such as low mood or sleep problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centres on how emotions show up in relationships and personal patterns and helps people name and work with those feelings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods together. That collaborative process means the plan can change as needs evolve and as different strategies are tested.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier when a shorter check-in is needed, while live chat or messaging can suit quick reflections between meetings. Video calls allow a fuller conversational experience when face-to-face style interaction matters. Registered or accredited professionals can offer effective support through these formats, and many people find them flexible and accessible for ongoing care.
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