Profile & Qualifications
Professional Background
Daniel is a fellow alumnus of King’s College London and an accredited practitioner with both the BABCP and UKCP. He is also a Senior Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine, the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP), and the EMDR Association UK & Ireland.
In addition, he serves as a Senior Board Advisor at the UK College of Hypnosis & CBT alongside leading international figures in psychotherapy and behavioural science.
Throughout his career, Daniel has maintained a particular interest in:
Low self-esteem
Shame and self-criticism
Childhood adversity and developmental trauma
Emotional regulation
Personality development
Complex psychological presentations
This work led to the development of NeuroAffective-CBT® (NA-CBT®), an integrative psychotherapy model designed to address shame, self-disgust, chronic low self-esteem, and emotionally driven behavioural patterns. He also contributed to the development of Emotion-Focused CBT, integrating emotional processing with traditional cognitive and behavioural interventions.
Clinical Experience
Daniel has worked extensively across NHS, forensic, criminal justice, community, inpatient, and outpatient mental health settings.
His clinical experience includes the assessment and treatment of:
Anxiety disorders
Depression and mood disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Eating disorders including anorexia and bulimia
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Complex trauma
Personality disorders
Psychosis
Bipolar disorder
Chronic low self-esteem and shame-based presentations
He also has significant experience working with addictions and dual-diagnosis presentations, including:
Alcohol misuse
Substance misuse
Behavioural addictions
Gambling addiction
Compulsive sexual behaviours
Performance-enhancing drug use, including anabolic steroids
His therapeutic work combines individual psychotherapy, group interventions, EMDR, mindfulness-based approaches, hypnosis, and behavioural treatment protocols tailored to each client’s needs.
Teaching, Consultancy & Supervision
Alongside his clinical work, Daniel has spent many years teaching and supervising mental health professionals nationally and internationally.
His activities include:
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
Development and delivery of international training programmes
Clinical supervision for therapists, psychologists, and supervisors
Consultancy in mental health service development and organisational change
Medico-legal assessments, expert witness work, profiling, and case management
Daniel has taught across the UK, Europe, the United States, and Asia, supporting the development of clinicians at all stages of their careers.
Sports, Performance & Creative Industries
Daniel has a long-standing association with professional athletes, performers, and individuals working in high-performance environments.
Drawing on CBT, neuroscience, and performance psychology, he developed Sports-CBT, a framework designed to optimise performance, resilience, focus, and recovery under pressure.
Within the performing arts, theatre, and media industries, Daniel integrates NeuroAffective-CBT® with principles derived from Vygotsky-based Method Acting to help individuals:
Manage performance anxiety
Reduce perfectionism
Build emotional resilience
Enhance confidence and creativity
Sustain long-term psychological wellbeing
Research & Publications
Daniel has published extensively on emotional wellbeing, psychological resilience, trauma, and behavioural change.
Key projects include:
NeuroAffective-CBT® and Emotional Processing
A body of research exploring emotional regulation, shame, self-disgust, and self-esteem, culminating in the development of NeuroAffective-CBT®.
TED
TED™ (Tiredness, Exercise & Diet) is a practical behavioural model that highlights the often-overlooked relationship between physical wellbeing and emotional health. Based on the principle that physiological vulnerability frequently amplifies psychological distress, TED encourages individuals to assess and optimise sleep, physical activity, and nutrition before assuming deeper psychological explanations for fluctuations in mood, motivation, anxiety, or resilience. In many cases, TED is the first intervention and often a person’s most reliable ally in maintaining emotional wellbeing.
NeuroAffective Narrative Reconsolidation
Research exploring memory reconsolidation, emotional learning, and trauma processing led to the development of NeuroAffective Narrative Reconsolidation (NNR). This approach focuses on identifying and updating emotionally significant memories that continue to influence present-day thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. By integrating cognitive understanding with affective processing and memory reconsolidation principles, NNR aims to facilitate profound therapeutic shifts within relatively short timeframes, helping clients resolve longstanding emotional difficulties without requiring years of therapy.
Publications, Media & Podcasts
A selection of Daniel’s publications, articles, podcasts, and educational resources can be accessed through:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Today
CBT Clinical, Coaching and Life Solutions
“My work is driven by a simple belief: lasting psychological change occurs when cognition, emotion, behaviour, physiology, and personal meaning are understood as part of the same human system.” – Daniel Mirea
Professional experience
Almost 40 years of experience in mental health, working across community, outpatient, inpatient, forensic, and specialist services. Throughout his career, Daniel has trained with and been influenced by some of the most recognised figures in cognitive and behavioural therapies, including Dr Donald Meichenbaum, widely regarded as one of the founders of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and developer of Stress Inoculation Training and CBM. Daniel and Dr Meichenbaum currently serve as Senior Advisors to the Board of the UK College of Hypnosis, Mindfulness & CBT, a research and training organisation committed to human values and evidence-based psychological practice.
Extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of a wide range of psychological difficulties, including anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD, complex trauma, personality disorders, psychosis, OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), eating disorders, bipolar disorder, chronic low self-esteem, and shame-based presentations.
Additional expertise in addictions and dual-diagnosis presentations, including alcohol and substance misuse, gambling addiction, compulsive sexual behaviours, and performance-enhancing drug use.
Wide experience delivering individual psychotherapy, group interventions, clinical supervision, and integrative treatments incorporating Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), EMDR, Clinical Hypnosis, Mindfulness-Based Approaches, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and NeuroAffective-CBT® (NA-CBT®).
Related activities
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader and Developer in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approaches national and international portfolio including UK, US, Europe and Beijing.
Consultancy and advice on mental health business development, service provision and change management.
Clinical supervision offered to both frontline psychologists and psychotherapists as well as clinical heads and supervisors.
Medico-Legal expertise, profiling, assessment and case management.
Research & Publications
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1990 to date: Several free publications can be downloaded from here
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2001 Featured in Falling between the same old cracks, a study on the link between poor mental health and homelessness (download PDF)
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2010 “CBT friend or foe” – research on existentialism and behaviourism within the psychotherapeutic environment.
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2025 “If My Gut Could Talk..” A NeuroAffective-CBT® exploration of the gut-brain connection, demonstrating how unresolved emotions and earlier life experiences can influence physical symptoms, anxiety, and wellbeing, and how emotional processing can promote recovery and resilience.
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2005 to date: NeuroAffective-CBT® (NA-CBT®)an innovative psychotherapy model integrating neuroscience, emotional processing and cognitive-behavioural principles for the treatment of shame, low self-esteem, trauma and emotional disorders.