Dani Allen - Profile

Hello! I am a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) with more than 7 years of mental health experience as well as 3 university degrees within the psychology field. My passion is to empower individuals to navigate life’s challenges and thrive. I specialise in supporting adults through a range of issues from anxiety and depression to trauma, low self-esteem and more. My relationship with clients involves collaboration, empathy, compassion, and insightful self-exploration. I have received consistently positive feedback, particularly on my genuineness to help as well as understanding that the client is the expert in their experience and how our expertise together as a team can take you on an effective path to recovery.

I acknowledge how brave it is to reach out for therapy and be your most vulnerable self in front of a stranger so I dedicate time to build a therapeutic relationship and adapt my pace to however suits you most.

I abide by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) standards of conduct, performance, and ethics and take my duty to you, and all my clients, as both a privilege and trusted responsibility.

Alongside my private practice I work for a local NHS Talking Therapies as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist.

I specialise in treating all anxiety disorders including OCD, health anxiety, social anxiety, phobias (including emetophobia), as well as PTSD, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), depression and low self-esteem.

I have varying experience with individuals aged from 18 to those in their 90s. I particularly value the intersectionality of people’s life experiences and circumstances from working with multiculturalism and diversity.

Our physical and mental health are very much linked. Our mood can be affected by the changes in our physical health, and we can become worried and low about how our bodies feel. This can be especially true if you are living with a health condition. I have worked for a local NHS Talking Therapies service specialising in long term health conditions for over 5 years and have completed extra training specialising in supporting individuals with health conditions such as diabetes, chronic pain, COPD, severe asthma, IBS and cardiac issues.