About Daniel
Daniel Silverstein is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strains, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and depression. He keeps sessions calm and down-to-earth so someone feeling overwhelmed can talk without pressure.
Daniel uses plain language in sessions and aims to make therapy feel approachable. He creates a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared. He emphasizes a relaxed atmosphere and a steady, positive presence during conversations.
Background and approach
In practice he draws on methods that help people notice patterns, try new actions, and build skills that fit daily life. He often works on practical tools for managing anxious thoughts and improving communication. Sessions can include exercises to change unhelpful thinking, build motivation, or increase awareness of the present moment.
With nine years of experience, Daniel brings steady clinical experience to common life problems. He works collaboratively to set goals and to check progress over time. People who want a direct but warm approach find his style easy to follow.
Sessions are offered in English and run in flexible formats including video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. He supports people through a range of concerns from stress and parenting struggles to coping with relationship and mood difficulties.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice stressful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and when someone wants to live differently despite uncomfortable feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms over time. It often helps with anxiety, low mood, and day-to-day coping skills.Finding the right method is part of therapy. The therapist works together with each person to decide which approaches fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative process includes checking what is working and adjusting techniques across sessions.
Online therapy with this clinician uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into a busy life. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill practice and feedback. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text work well for short check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options help people access care with more flexibility while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady support.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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