Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
About Me:
Daniel Gunn. I am a psychotherapist and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP II). I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), with 8 years of experience working in an agency setting, including private practice.
I work with adults aged 21-80 from distinct cultures and backgrounds. I supervised and facilitated groups in the same agency and a private practice. In 2015, I received a BSc in psychology from the Open University London campus. I received a diploma in therapeutic counselling from CPCAB UK in 2017 and a postgraduate diploma in psychopathology theory and practice from CONFER UK in 2020.
How did I get here?
As a teenager growing up in West Africa, I started observing people out of curiosity, which became my hobby. As a teenager, my mother exposed me to spirituality whilst growing up in a diverse community. This experience has kept me grounded in life during challenging times.
I have a previous extensive background in customer service, surveillance, health, and safety, which are transferable skills to counselling and psychotherapy. In addition, I have travelled quite extensively, and having lived in distinct cultures has enhanced my understanding of human behaviour and experience.
Training:
I trained in ancient wisdom and modern science. This allows me to integrate body-focused therapy, experiential dynamic therapy (AEDP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), EMDR, IFS, somatic psychology, and mindfulness-based interventions. With these evidence-based approaches, I help my clients manage life challenges and find the right balance between thinking and feeling.
Specialities:
As I experienced more clients presenting with trauma, I started specialising in trauma in January 2020. I am currently working towards EMDR-M certification, A modified version of the standard EMDR that combines attachment skills. I am noticeably confident working with trauma and trauma-related stress. I understand trauma through the lens of neuroscience, such as PTSD, attachment (also known as relational trauma resulting from adverse childhood experiences), complex and developmental trauma,
I also work with symptoms of trauma such as anger, anxiety, depression, pain, relationship issues, shame, and sexual issues.
My Approach:
With your permission and collaboration, we will tailor-make treatment holistically for you, incorporating bio-psycho-social-identity-intuition-spirituality where necessary. The application takes place in the here and now. A first assessment allows for confidentiality and a possible good fit. I teach various self-regulation techniques before doing deeper trauma work or problem-solving. Together, we work bottom up and top down making sense of whatever you present, to find the right balance between your thinking and feeling.
My Goal: to explore the roots of current or past experiences, to eliminate symptomatic suffering so that healing can occur, to live at peak capacity, to love and receive love, to work, to create, to be curious, and to fully engage in life by doing things differently in the “real world” outside of the therapy room. Work with me…
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Daniel Gunn is a psychotherapist and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP II) who is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). He has nine years of experience working in agency settings and in private practice, and he works with adults aged 21 to 80 from a variety of cultural backgrounds.
His formal qualifications include a BSc in Psychology from the Open University London campus (2015), a diploma in therapeutic counselling from CPCAB UK (2017), and a postgraduate diploma in psychopathology theory and practice from CONFER UK (2020). Daniel began specialising in trauma in January 2020 and is currently working towards EMDR-M certification, a modified form of EMDR that integrates attachment skills.
Daniel combines training in ancient wisdom with modern science to offer integrated care. He draws on body-focused therapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), EMDR, internal family systems (IFS), somatic psychology, and mindfulness-based interventions to help people manage life challenges and find a balance between thinking and feeling.
He has experience supervising and facilitating groups in both agency and private practice settings. Having grown up in West Africa and lived in distinct cultures, Daniel brings a long-standing curiosity about human behaviour to his work. Earlier careers in customer service, surveillance, and health and safety have contributed transferable skills that inform his therapeutic practice.
Daniel’s approach is collaborative and individually tailored, incorporating bio-psycho-social-identity-intuition-spirituality where appropriate and applying work in the here and now. A first assessment helps establish confidentiality and assess fit, and he typically teaches self-regulation techniques before undertaking deeper trauma work or intensive problem-solving. He works both bottom-up and top-down to make sense of presenting difficulties. His goal is to explore the roots of current or past experiences, reduce symptomatic suffering so healing can occur, and support people to engage more fully in life—to work, create, love and receive love, be curious, and take different actions in the world outside the therapy room.
For many common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and managing life transitions, online therapy has been shown to be comparable in effectiveness to traditional in-person care. It can be a practical option for people seeking support for these types of issues.
One major benefit is flexibility. Clients can meet with therapists in the format that suits them best – video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or in-app messaging – which often makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
Therapists offering online work are licensed professionals, and clients may change therapists if they decide a different fit is needed. For those considering remote care, online therapy can offer accessible, adaptable support while addressing many everyday mental health and relationship challenges.
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