Danielle (Dani) O'Connor , NCPS

Danielle (Dani) O'Connor is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and grief. Dani believes clients know their own stories and brings a supportive presence to help people find clearer ways forward.

Dani keeps sessions straightforward and compassionate. She invites people to talk through painful experiences and to notice strengths they may have overlooked. Conversations are paced to each person's needs so they can set manageable goals and try new coping strategies.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, addictions, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger, career stress, bipolar and depression. She also offers support around ADHD, compassion fatigue and the impacts of long-term illness or caring responsibilities.

Dani uses a mix of well-known counselling approaches to match the person in front of her. She draws on therapies that focus on thoughts, emotions and attachment, and on helping people commit to meaningful action. That combination aims to make sessions practical as well as reflective.

People who value a calm, non-judgemental space tend to work well with Dani. She encourages small changes, experiments between sessions, and steady progress rather than quick fixes. The aim is to help people build more manageable daily routines and better relationships with themselves and others.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps towards those values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with big life changes because it focuses on practical actions rather than arguing with every thought.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and test them with real-life experiments. It suits problems such as anxiety, depression, sleeping difficulty and low mood where changing behaviours and thoughts can quickly ease daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences and suggest techniques from these approaches that fit the client. This is a collaborative process and methods can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break or commute. Live chat and text messages can be used for short check-ins, ongoing support or for people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and to try therapeutic exercises between sessions.