Dan Roberts
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About me
About me
I am a Psychotherapist, Writer and Teacher. As an Advanced Accredited Schema Therapist, Trainer & Supervisor, I also draw from a wide range of highly effective models in my work with clients, including internal family systems therapy, trauma-informed stabilisation treatment, cognitive behaviour therapy and compassion-focused therapy. I specialise in trauma therapy but help people with a wide range of psychological problems at my private practice in north London and online, via Zoom.
I am also the Founder of Heal Your Trauma, a project I created to help people struggling with the impact of trauma. As a psychotherapist, I am passionate about helping trauma survivors, who often have to deal with a wide range of physical and mental health problems.
The project involves guided meditations, webinars, workshops and self-help books, as well as my Heal Your Trauma 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.
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. I offer schema therapy at my East Finchley practice and online.
Training, qualifications & experience
My 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.
Schema therapy training & accreditation
I completed my schema therapy training with Schema Therapy Associates and have am an Advanced Accredited Schema Therapist, Trainer & Supervisor, accredited by the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). I have also completed the Level 1 training in Internal Family Systems therapy, with IFS Training UK.
And I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and a Complex Trauma Treatment Professional, accredited by the International Association of Trauma Professionals, having trained 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) and a Member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).
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.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Fees
£140.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Assessment sessions costs £160; ongoing therapy sessions cost £140.
Supervision costs £140 for a 60-minute session.
