Daniel Saccocio — Online Couples Counsellor
BACP Registered | Specialist Couple Therapy Training with Relate | 10+ Years’ Experience
Quick Summary: Daniel is a warm, experienced relationship counsellor who trained with Relate and has over 10 years’ experience supporting couples. His approach is direct yet compassionate, helping couples address recurring conflicts, heal from past wounds, and learn new skills for lasting closeness. With a background that gives him deep empathy for people facing life changes, Daniel provides a safe space for both partners to feel heard, understood, and respected.
More from Daniel
Hello, my name is Daniel. I’m a BACP-registered Person-Centred Therapist and Relationship Counsellor. I hold a BA (Hons) degree from the Metanoia Institute and completed my specialist couple therapy training with Relate over 10 years ago.
I believe therapy should be a space where you feel truly heard, understood, and accepted. Relationship counselling offers a safe, supportive environment for you both to explore the root of your difficulties. It gives each of you the opportunity to speak openly and be listened to without judgement.
For some, therapy can be life-changing. For others, it helps resolve issues before they grow into something bigger.
Background and Experience
Life can change in an instant. Back in 2001, at the start of a new century, I was a 45-year-old father and husband. I owned a restaurant in London and was earning a good living. Then I lost it all — the restaurant, the house, and eventually my marriage.
During this painful time, I saw a therapist who helped me begin to make sense of it all. He had faced his own life struggles and truly understood what I was going through. That experience stayed with me, and it inspired me to retrain as a therapist. I now hope to offer that same understanding and perspective to the couples and individuals I work with today.
How I Can Help You
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Promoting shared responsibility – I’ll encourage you both to move away from focusing only on individual fulfilment, towards recognising how your actions affect each other.
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Compassionately addressing destructive patterns – Using a firm but caring approach, I will gently challenge behaviours such as withdrawal, contempt, or passive aggression to help rebuild trust and closeness.
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Teaching practical skills for real connection – Together, we’ll develop skills like active listening, speaking from vulnerability, setting boundaries, and responding without defensiveness.
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Exploring family-of-origin wounds – We’ll uncover how early experiences such as trauma, neglect, or control can show up in adult relationships, often unconsciously.
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Challenging limiting gender roles – I’ll support you in exploring how cultural and gender conditioning can restrict emotional expression and create imbalance in relationships.
Types of Therapy Offered
- Couple Therapy
- Relationship Counselling
- Marriage Counselling
- LGBTQ+ Couple Counselling
- Depression Counselling
- Anxiety Therapy
- Bereavement Counselling
👉 If you would like to make an appointment with Daniel for online couples therapy, please contact him via Relationship Counselling Surrey today.
