About Dan
Dan Lobel, D.Couns., B.Couns., MCouns&Psych
The Financial Therapist
- D.Couns.
- B.Couns.
- MCouns&Psych
Dan is a warm, empathic counsellor with a deep understanding of human behaviour and emotional complexity. He combines contemporary integrative counselling with behavioural psychology to help clients understand the “why” behind their feelings and choices — particularly around money, self-worth, grief, and life transitions.
“I believe that financial wellbeing isn’t just about numbers — it’s about emotional safety, self-trust, and our relationship with value.”
Dan’s approach is inclusive, trauma-informed, and non-judgemental. He supports women who have felt disempowered by financial control, inequality, or generational money patterns, offering a pace that respects the nervous system and honours personal boundaries.
📍 Based in Melbourne | Online & In-Person Sessions
Therapeutic focus
What sessions with Dan prioritise
Every session is paced with consent and clarity. There is never pressure to disclose more than feels safe. Together you explore the emotional, relational, and practical dimensions of money, identity, and belonging.
Financial trauma, money shame, and inequality
Dan helps you identify what safety feels like in your body, honours ambivalence, and supports small, grounded actions that align with your values.
Self-worth, consent, and nervous-system safety
Dan helps you identify what safety feels like in your body, honours ambivalence, and supports small, grounded actions that align with your values.
Grief, life transitions, and identity work
Dan helps you identify what safety feels like in your body, honours ambivalence, and supports small, grounded actions that align with your values.
Generational money stories and relationship dynamics
Dan helps you identify what safety feels like in your body, honours ambivalence, and supports small, grounded actions that align with your values.
Practice foundations
Dan is a warm, empathic counsellor who combines contemporary integrative counselling with behavioural psychology to help you understand the “why” behind your feelings and choices — particularly around money, self‑worth, grief, and life transitions.
Therapy is paced by you. Consent, choice, and clear boundaries are central. You will never be asked to disclose more than feels safe. Sessions focus on restoring a felt sense of safety, strengthening self‑trust, and supporting practical next steps at a pace that respects your nervous system.
Drawing on monetary psychotherapy alongside integrative, evidence‑based modalities, Dan supports the emotional, relational, and practical dimensions of financial stress — helping you reconnect with agency, dignity, and hope.
Ready when you are
Therapy is collaborative. You choose the format, pace, and boundaries that protect your nervous system.