Welcome
Life can be painful, it can also be beautiful.
The stories that we tell ourselves about our lives, are enormously comforting.
However, when these stories become obstacles to our relationships and goals, a new conversation begins...
Talking together
"Turning to someone can feel daunting. Making contact, can bring enormous relief."
Hello,
I'm Dan Heath, a BACP accredited therapist working from offices in London Bridge, Stamford & Online.
I specialise in providing regular counselling & psychotherapy for adults and young people.
I also see couples who want to understand the difficulties they might be facing.
Find out how I can help you by booking your FREE intro consultation now.
What I can help with
"I work with people from all walks of life who are struggling with emotional difficulties, uncertainty, or a sense of loss, particularly at times of change or transition."
Often these experiences are expressed through anxiety, depression, addictive or obsessive patterns, feelings of emptiness or disconnection, sexual concerns, or the complex emotional demands of bereavement, grief, and mourning.
Together, we will seek to understand not only these symptoms, but what they may be trying to communicate about your inner world.
Curiously, I am often approached by people from creative and intellectually demanding professions—including academia, finance, the arts, television, and sport—as well as by parents seeking support for teenage children who are struggling with friendships, school, identity, or the challenges of growing up.
While these backgrounds may differ, they often share a wish to make deeper sense of themselves and their relationships.
What makes this different
"Many people arrive having grappled with their symptoms and made bold attempts to think differently. Others arrive in crisis."
Establishing a firm foundation, we will gradually attend to the root cause/s of emotional & psychological pain.
Together we will explore:
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Early relational experiences.
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Self-criticism and internal conflict.
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Attachment dynamics.
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Unconscious experience.
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The emotional foundations beneath anxiety and depression.
This depth of work can lead to sustained change — not just temporary relief.
What I can offer you
"I have special interest in undertanding the mechanisms and presentation of anxeity and depression, in a relational context."
I am an accomplished psychodynamic counsellor & psychotherapist accredited to the BACP offering:
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Open-ended psychotherapy for deeper, long-term change.
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Focused short-term work for specific difficulties
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Weekly sessions in person or online.
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A stance that is deeply curious, thoughtful, boundaried and academically informed.
What to expect
After a short phone call or email exchange we can arrange an initial consultation (50 minutes).
Initially we will explore what brings you to therapy, your history and what you hope might change.
If we decide to work together:
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Sessions are weekly.
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The same time each week.
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Confidential and consistent.
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A protected space to think & speak freely.
"Psychotherapy is not about giving advice or finding quick fixes (although solutions to problems are often revealed).
It is more about understanding yourself in ways that recognise your hopes and expectations, and allow for meaningful and enduring change."
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Please do get in touch
"If you are considering counselling & psychotherapy, you are very welcome to get in touch with me."
Fees
Individual therapy - from £90 per session
Couples therapy - from £140 per session
Locations
In-person sessions - Central London & Stamford
Online therapy - Across the UK & Internationally
"Beginning therapy can feel daunting — but it need not feel overwhelming!"
FAMILY ISSUES | ANXIETY | DEPRESSION | CONFIDENCE | OCD | CLINICAL DISORDERS | RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS | INTIMACY | LIVING WITH ADHD | TEEN PROBLEMS | GAD | SELF-ESTEEM | SEXUALITY | IDENTITY PROBLEMS
TYPES OF PROBLEMS
Research consistently demonstrates that psychotherapy can be highly effective with approximately 75% of people showing some improved emotional and psychological benefit (APA) . "A strong therapeutic relationship is often described as the "bedrock" of successful treatment." "2026 research results consistently indicate that online therapy is as effective as in-person therapy for treating common mental health conditions.
(Credit to Modern Wisdon and Jonathan Shedler)
If you are considering therapy, you are welcome to get in touch. Beginning therapy can feel significant - but it need not feel overwhelming. Book an Initial Consultation or Email: Dan@heathpractice.co.uk
Contact me
If you’re interested in psychodynamic psychotherapy or have questions, I offer a FREE 15-minute introductory telephone call.
Complete this form with a few details and I will get back to you within 48 hours.
Email: dan@heathpractice.co.uk
Phone: 07779 142 388
Next steps
Prior to the first session I will send you a letter confirming the time, cost and some other details.
I will be hoping to build a picture of your life which together we can work with.
Initially, I will take some notes and develop a case formulation for the problems you'd like to work on. If this goes well, we can agree to meet again.
At the same time we will begin to establish some goals and consider how long we think working on these goals might take us?
It may be that we choose to work on a specific concern and agree a contract term.
Or we might agree to see what develops over an undefined number of sessions (open-ended).
We will hopefully begin to develop a rapport (or what therapists refer to as a working alliance).
We can then reflect on how we work together as individuals and as a pair.
I might remark on what you choose to talk about and how you understand me, in this conxtext. That is to say, I might notice what you bring to me specifically and make suggestions as to what this "way of being" with me, might be about?
Moving together through the process - week by week - initial anxieties about the therapy should settle.
We can begin to consider how life could be different and how this process of change might occur.