About Daniel
Daniel Nishina is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oregon with five years of clinical experience. He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. Daniel also assists with relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, anger, low self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue.
Daniel uses a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. He draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas to look at thought patterns and actions.
Background and approach
He also pays attention to bodily experience and how feelings show up in the body. His approach combines talking and practical steps. Sessions often include noticing thoughts, trying small behavioral changes, and tracking how the body responds.
He values exploring personal stories and how relationships and culture shape those stories. Daniel emphasizes a collaborative relationship. He aims to build trust and honest conversation so changes started in sessions carry into everyday life.
People can expect clear, grounded discussion and simple practices to try between meetings. Having lived in Japan for many years and practicing aikido for decades, he brings cross-cultural awareness and a movement-informed perspective to his work. Daniel frames therapy around helping people release held tension and rediscover balance in daily life.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Daniel draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this typically involves setting clear goals, trying small experiments between sessions, and reviewing what changed. He also uses somatic awareness methods that encourage attention to bodily sensations and movement to better understand how feelings show up physically; these practices can include simple breathing work and guided noticing during sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different methods, and then shape the plan in a collaborative way. Adjustments are expected as progress is tracked over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for focused conversation and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, emotional processing between sessions, and ongoing accountability. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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