I’m Danielle Bottone, a registered therapist and wellbeing consultant, and I founded Journey On in 2018 to offer thoughtful, culturally competent and trauma-informed therapeutic support to individuals, groups and organisations.

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My clinical work spans one-to-one therapy, group work and consultancy, and I have particular experience supporting millennials from Black and mixed-race backgrounds, as well as clients navigating identity, belonging, burnout, and the long-term impact of early relational experiences. Much of my work centres on helping people process significant life events while making space for cultural context, inner-child work and self-understanding.

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Alongside my private practice, I deliver workshops, training and therapeutic consultancy for organisations. This includes staff wellbeing days, leadership and emotional intelligence workshops, mental health training, retreat facilitation and group sessions. I bring a therapist-led, psychologically informed approach to these spaces, creating reflective environments that support both individual wellbeing and healthier workplace cultures.

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Before establishing my private practice, I spent over ten years working in the public sector with young people and families across a range of settings, including children’s social care, NHS mental health services, private mental health, youth offending, custodial care, and drug and alcohol services. During this time, my work increasingly focused on trauma-informed practice within forensic social care and mental health contexts.

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These experiences shaped my understanding of how profoundly trauma, systems and culture influence wellbeing, and how essential it is that therapeutic support is both trauma-sensitive and culturally attuned. This insight ultimately led me to train as a therapist and create a practice that prioritises ethical, inclusive and culturally competent care.

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In addition to individual therapy, I facilitate mixed-race identity therapy groups, offering a dedicated space for exploration, connection and shared understanding. I also provide consultation and support to therapists and private practitioners, drawing on my experience of building and sustaining ethical therapeutic work.

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I continue to invest in ongoing professional development through training and research, particularly in areas relating to trauma-informed care, cultural identity, attachment and inner-child work. Across all areas of my work, my aim is to offer grounded, reflective support that honours complexity and supports meaningful change.