Daniela Schirmer, BACP
6 years in practice
Daniela Schirmer is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues and parenting concerns.
License and registration
- BACP
- 411923 · expires March 2027
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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About Daniela
Daniela Schirmer is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues and parenting concerns. She supports those coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, sleep and eating problems, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder and depression. Daniela also works with people managing career change, compassion fatigue and major life transitions.
She uses an integrative style that adapts to each person’s needs. Sessions are warm and relational, focusing on what is happening between people as well as inside the individual.
Background and approach
Daniela aims to create a respectful space where difficult feelings can be named and worked through together. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment-based ideas often shape her work with relationships and close bonds. She also draws on client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques to help people make practical changes in daily life.
The mix is chosen to match the issue and the person rather than one fixed method. Daniela has six years of clinical experience in independent practice and online settings across the United Kingdom. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and pays attention to the patterns that keep problems active.
Progress usually involves trying different ways of relating and noticing new responses over time. Sessions can include talking, reflecting on patterns, and practical exercises to try between meetings. Daniela speaks English and Portuguese and tailors sessions to each person's circumstances and goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Daniela lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Daniela names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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Online support
How Daniela’s approaches work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and the bonds between people. It helps when relationships feel stuck, distant or full of repeated hurt by naming feelings and finding new ways to connect. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns shape current relationships and helps people change unhelpful ways of relating by recognising needs and developing safer interactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Daniela uses a collaborative process to decide what fits best based on your goals and preferences. She will discuss different methods and try approaches that suit your situation rather than insisting on one route.
Online therapy is offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video lets you use visual cues and more natural conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life and busy schedules.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Daniela focus on?
She supports people with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, parenting worries and a broad range of mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and relational, combining attentive listening with practical tools. Sessions focus on feelings, patterns between people, and steps you can try between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
Daniela has six years of experience working in independent practice and online settings in the United Kingdom.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
Can people outside the UK book sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to people within the United Kingdom.
What formats are available for online therapy?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do fees and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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