About Daniel
Daniel Sorensen is a licensed clinical social worker with 17 years of experience helping people facing stress and anxiety. He offers calm, practical support for those coping with grief, major life changes, and compassion fatigue. He works in English and sees clients from Washington as well as international clients.
He focuses on creating a straightforward, respectful space where clients can talk through what matters most. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm, improve coping, and clarify next steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Daniel centers the conversation on each person’s priorities and pace. His approach blends client-centered listening with narrative and existential ideas. He uses mindfulness skills to help regulate strong emotions and motivational interviewing techniques to support change.
These methods are applied in plain language so clients know what to expect. Daniel has particular experience supporting people grappling with identity questions, family of origin concerns, and transitions such as divorce or caregiving for aging relatives. He also helps people manage chronic illness, chronic pain, hoarding issues, and first responder stress.
He emphasizes small, concrete changes that build confidence over time. Clients leave sessions with clear steps and accessible practices to try between meetings. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Daniel uses client-centered therapy to make the conversation focus on what matters to the person in front of him. That means listening closely, reflecting what he hears, and shaping sessions around each person’s goals and values.He also draws on mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. These skills help with strong emotions like anxiety and grief by offering quick ways to calm the body and refocus the mind.
Narrative therapy is part of his toolkit as well, helping people reframe the stories they tell about themselves. This can be useful when identity, shame, or past family patterns get in the way of moving forward.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. He will talk with clients about goals, try methods that seem to fit, and adjust as needed. The process is collaborative and guided by what the client finds helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text works well for brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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