Dr Daniel Silva
Dr Daniel Silva is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Currently he is the Lead Psychologist for an acute mental health ward and is undergoing further training to register as a Clinical Neuropsychologist. Prior to his doctorate, he has worked with a variety of mental health difficulties from primary care to forensic services. Daniel has expertise in emotion regulation and interpersonal difficulties.
He wrote his doctoral thesis on emotion regulation skills training in people experiencing psychosis and has published papers in scientific journals and is still involved in research in his clinical practice.
Instead of focusing on specific diagnoses, he endeavours to understand the patterns that keep people stuck in their suffering and support them to develop the skills to be able to lead more fulfilling lives.
Daniel follows an integrative approach to therapy and draws upon Cognitive Behavioural, EMDR, Compassion-Focused, Dialectical Behavioural, Systemic and Cognitive Analytical Therapy approaches. He also has specialist training in EMDR for children and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for adolescents and families.
He offers individual and couple’s therapy sessions in English and Portugese.
Currently he is the Lead Psychologist for an acute mental health ward and is undergoing further training to register as a Clinical Neuropsychologist. Prior to his doctorate, he has worked with a variety of mental health difficulties from primary care to forensic services. Daniel has expertise in emotion regulation and interpersonal difficulties.
He wrote his doctoral thesis on emotion regulation skills training in people experiencing psychosis and has published papers in scientific journals and is still involved in research in his clinical practice.
Instead of focusing on specific diagnoses, he endeavours to understand the patterns that keep people stuck in their suffering and support them to develop the skills to be able to lead more fulfilling lives.
Daniel follows an integrative approach to therapy and draws upon Cognitive Behavioural, EMDR, Compassion-Focused, Dialectical Behavioural, Systemic and Cognitive Analytical Therapy approaches. He also has specialist training in EMDR for children and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for adolescents and families.
He offers individual and couple’s therapy sessions in English and Portugese.