Dana Hartshorn, BACP

Dana Hartshorn is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of experience. She holds BACP accreditation, and draws on a simple, person-focused style to help people who are feeling stuck or overwhelmed. Her approach aims to be kind, clear and practical during sessions.

She commonly works with stress, anxiety and low mood, and supports people facing relationship strain, identity questions and gender concerns. Eating issues, motivation problems and grief are also within her experience, as are histories of trauma and attachment difficulties. Dana also notes interests in compassion fatigue and workplace-related strain.

Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs. Dana uses a mix of client-centred listening, attachment ideas and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice patterns and try new ways of responding. She pays attention to how past relationships affect current feelings and choices.

Conversations aim to build clearer goals and small steps forward. Dana offers empathy and practical tools to try between meetings, and she will work with clients to adjust plans as things change. She also welcomes discussion of how nature and the environment relate to wellbeing, drawing on eco-therapy ideas when useful.

People who want straightforward, respectful support and want to understand themselves better tend to find this style helpful. Dana describes asking for help as an act of bravery and focuses on helping clients move toward a life that feels more authentic and meaningful.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thinking and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions because it focuses on what matters most to the person. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions; it can help when patterns from the past repeat in current relationships. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre of sessions, offering empathetic listening and collaboration to help clients find their own direction.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, and then suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as the client learns more about what helps.

Please confirm which online session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Many people find online sessions easier to fit around work, family and travel, and they can make shorter check-ins or regular meetings simpler to arrange. Online work also lets people use written exercises and screen-sharing for notes or worksheets, which can help carry progress into everyday life.