Daniela Schirmer, BACP

Daniela Schirmer is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, parenting strain, stress and anxiety. She also supports people dealing with addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, low self-esteem, anger, career concerns, bipolar and depression, and coping with life changes. Daniela speaks English and Portuguese and works from the United Kingdom.

She describes her work as relational and tailored to each person. Sessions focus on what is happening inside someone and between people. Daniela aims to create a warm, respectful space where difficult feelings can be noticed and worked through together.

Her practice draws on several approaches so the work matches the person. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at close bonds, client-centred listening to follow the person's pace, and cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also uses emotionally-focused ideas and existential questions when they suit the work.

Daniela has six years of clinical experience. Her BACP credential is shown as BACP, which identifies her professional registration. She has worked in independent practice and online settings and adjusts methods to each person's needs.

People who come to Daniela often want practical ways to manage stress, communicate better, or move through loss. She pays attention to safety, pacing, and the particular history behind each concern. The aim is to find realistic steps that feel meaningful and sustainable.

To begin, people are invited to reflect on the issues that matter most and to describe what a better outcome would look like. Daniela then helps set reasonable goals and chooses approaches that fit those aims.

How Daniela’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships. It helps with trust, intimacy and patterns that repeat in close relationships. Client-centred work means the therapist follows the person’s pace and priorities, offering empathic listening and reflection to help people find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different ways of acting to change feelings and behaviours.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Daniela will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice can shift as therapy progresses, and she adjusts the approach to practical concerns and therapeutic progress.

The biography notes experience in online settings but does not list specific session formats. Please confirm which session types are offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins around a workday, or reducing the need to be on camera for every session. Many people find online work lets them maintain regular contact and apply new skills between meetings, while still working together with a registered or accredited professional to agree goals and steps.