Dan Bracken
Psychotherapist
I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with sixteen years of clinical experience, alongside a longer background as a mental health professional, service manager, leader, and coach.
Coming to therapy is often a courageous decision, and one that can open up space to think and feel in ways everyday life rarely allows. I work with people who want to explore themselves and their lives more deeply, to make sense of ongoing questions, symptoms, or patterns that feel stuck. Most simply, our sessions are a place to come and speak, sometimes to say things that don’t yet have words, or that feel too big or complicated to talk about elsewhere. The work is confidential, and can be as long or short as it needs to be.
On first meeting, we begin by thinking in detail about what brings you to therapy and how it fits into the wider context of your life. From there, we start to reflect together and ask the questions that have gone unasked, kindly, bravely, with space and time. Everyone moves at their own pace, and sometimes it can be useful to work within a set time frame, sometimes not.
Areas of Support
Obsessional thoughts, symptoms and behaviours
Engaging and working with men in therapy (GBT men inclusive)
Anxiety, stress and work-related difficulties
Relationship problems
Depression, low mood or demotivation
Suicidal thoughts
Memories and experience of abuse
Symptoms with no obvious medical explanations
Bereavement
Sexual issues
Complications after experiencing a traumatic event
Dissociation
Specific issues that are difficult to speak about
Experiences of discrimination, racism, homophobia
Therapies Offered
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Qualifications & Training
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy training at The Guild of Psychotherapists
Four years as Lead Psychotherapist and Head of Service for James' Place London
Sixteen years’ experience as a psychotherapist
Ten years’ experience working for a housing organisation as a mental health key worker offering support, counselling and coaching
Registered Psychotherapist with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
Member of the Guild of Psychotherapists
Availability & Fees
Days TBC
Sessions last 45 minutes to an hour and are charged at £85
Online/in-person TBC