About Dan Roberts

Welcome to my website – I am a Psychotherapist, Writer and Teacher based in London. As well as being an Internal Family Systems Therapist and an Advanced Accredited Schema Therapist, I draw from other highly effective models including cognitive behaviour therapy, compassion-focused therapy, trauma-informed stabilisation treatment, somatic therapies, Buddhist psychology and mindfulness-based approaches – and I integrate these models into a trauma-informed treatment approach. I specialise in helping people with the impact of childhood trauma, but work with a wide range of psychological problems. My practice is online, so I work with people all over the world via Zoom. 

I am a meditation teacher for Insight Timer, where you will find a wealth of resources (mostly free/donation-based) including courses, breathing techniques, guided imagery, mindfulness and self-compassion practices and much more. If you are struggling with your mental health – and especially if you have experienced trauma – practices like these are a crucial part of your healing journey, whether you are also having therapy or not.

I teach webinars and workshops for people struggling with their mental health, as well as writing my blog, which you can read on this site – sign up using the form below to get my latest posts delivered straight to your inbox. It provides a huge amount of free information about all aspects of psychology, psychotherapy, mental health and wellbeing.

And I provide supervision and training for mental-health professionals – teaching counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists how to incorporate schema-therapy theory and techniques into their practice.

I can help with a wide range of issues including complex trauma, depression, problems with panic and anxiety, difficulties in relationships or with parenting, personality problems, substance abuse, addiction and eating disorders.

My psychotherapy training

Before specialising in cognitive and schema therapy, I initially trained as a counsellor, with a three-year counselling diploma at the Psychosynthesis Trust, followed by a one-year Foundation Certificate in Psychotherapy & Counselling at Regent's University. I later added a Certificate in Cognitive-Behavioural Coaching from the Centre for Coaching. This style of coaching is based on cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and was my introduction to cognitive therapy.

I later completed courses in stress management, assertiveness training and a Certificate in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy from the Centre for Stress Management; and a Master Practitioner Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from SDS Seminars Ltd. All of these courses are approved by the British Psychological Society. I practised CBT from 2010 to 2017.

In recent years I have come to specialise in schema therapy, a longer-term approach than standard CBT which is designed to help people with longstanding or hard-to-treat problems. It will be helpful if you have tried other approaches but nothing has worked; or your problems are very wide-ranging, affecting your work, relationships or family life. I have been practising schema therapy since 2015 and achieved accreditation as a schema therapist in 2017.

I completed my schema therapy training with Schema Therapy Associates and am an Advanced Accredited Schema Therapist, Trainer & Supervisor, accredited by the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST).

I am also an Internal Family Systems Therapist, having completed Level 3 training with IFS Training UK. I increasingly use IFS techniques and ways of understanding psychological problems with my clients, as IFS is such a warm, compassionate and powerful approach to helping people with their mental health.

And I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and a Complex Trauma Treatment Professional, accredited by the International Association of Trauma Professionals, having trained in trauma-informed stabilisation treatment with Janina Fisher, one of the world’s leading experts on psychological trauma.

I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

I have completed a number of training courses in compassion-focused therapy including Introductory and Advanced Skills in Compassion Focused Therapy, as well as Compassion Focused Therapy for Depression, with CFT's founder Paul Gilbert. CFT combines a number of approaches, including evolutionary psychology, cognitive therapy, mindfulness and compassion-building exercises from Tibetan Buddhism. I use a number of these techniques to help my clients be kinder and more compassionate to themselves.

I also have a strong personal and professional interest in mindfulness meditation, especially mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). I have maintained a daily meditation practice for a number of years and use mindfulness techniques with many of my clients, as they are so helpful for a wide range of problems.

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