About Dario
Dario De Gaetanis is a counsellor who centres mindfulness in his work. He combines breath-based awareness and body-focused practices with talk therapy to help people manage stress and anxiety. He holds an NCPS credential and has 14 years of professional experience across therapeutic settings in the United Kingdom and Italy.
Dario draws on client-centred principles to build a calm, non-judgemental space where people can speak openly. He uses mindfulness exercises to help people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them.
Background and approach
Somatic awareness and gentle body-based practices are integrated to help release stored tension. He also works with approaches from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Internal Family Systems to teach practical coping skills. These tools are aimed at improving emotional regulation, reducing reactivity, and strengthening inner resources.
The focus is on small, steady changes that make daily life easier. Issues he commonly addresses include anxiety, stress, depression, anger, sleep and eating concerns, relationship and family problems, grief, and struggles with self-esteem. He also supports people facing life changes, workplace difficulties, and compassion fatigue.
ADHD, autism and attachment-related concerns are additional areas of focus. Dario offers sessions in English and Italian and accepts international clients. He blends warmth with practical exercises so people leave sessions with clear steps to try between meetings.
The emphasis is on collaboration and learning tools that fit each person's life.
How mindfulness and skills-based approaches work online
Dario uses mindfulness practice and client-centred work to help people notice and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy involves simple breath and body awareness exercises and helps with anxiety, stress, concentration and emotional regulation. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a non-judgemental space where people can speak freely and feel understood.He also draws on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for practical skills training. DBT-style work involves short, teachable tools for managing strong emotions, reducing reactivity, and improving coping in day-to-day life. Together these approaches aim to give both insight and hands-on techniques to try between sessions, and the therapist will work with the person to choose what feels most useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are useful for a fuller face-to-face feeling, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and messaging or live chat suit brief updates or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work even when life is changing.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Italian
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