about dr. danny Isaacs
Dr Danny Isaacs is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist specialising in sports & performance. Danny has more than a decade of experience supporting people, teams and organisations to understand more about the psychological, emotional and relational barriers that are causing them distress, holding them back, and preventing them from fulfilling
Dr Danny Isaacs is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist specialising in sports & performance. Danny has more than a decade of experience supporting people, teams and organisations to understand more about the psychological, emotional and relational barriers that are causing them distress, holding them back, and preventing them from fulfilling their potential.
Danny currently supports professional & amateur triathletes, including the Bianchi Pro Triathlon Team, Ironman World Championships Top 5 finishers, and Ironman and 70.3 champions; elite and amateur runners including age group World & European record holders; tennis players; and snooker players.
Danny trained as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Tavistock and Portman Clinic in London, UK, and continues to work there as a Senior Psychotherapist and Supervisor in the Adolescent and Young Adult Service. In his private clinical practice Danny specialises in working with adolescents and young adults with a broad range of psychological, emotional, relational and developmental difficulties.
Danny is an experienced athlete with a passion for triathlon, cycling, running, and team sports. Danny has represented Great Britain at the Ironman World Championships 2024 in Kona, Hawaii where his finished in 9 hours 11 minutes and was 9th fastest Brit.
Danny has also represented GBR at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships, and multiple
Danny is an experienced athlete with a passion for triathlon, cycling, running, and team sports. Danny has represented Great Britain at the Ironman World Championships 2024 in Kona, Hawaii where his finished in 9 hours 11 minutes and was 9th fastest Brit.
Danny has also represented GBR at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships, and multiple World and European Sprint and Olympic distance triathlon championships, and achieved multiple national age group podiums. Danny has also completed multiple marathons and ultra-marathons, and has an ambition to qualify for and complete UTMB.
Through Danny's experiences as a clinician, consultant and athlete he has developed a deep knowledge of the connection between the mind and body.
Danny understands the profound impact of emotional and psychological experience upon physiology, how this inevitably impacts performance, and how to help when it does.