About Danielle
Danielle Ficken is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who focuses on anxiety, stress, self-esteem, and life transitions. She uses straightforward, practical approaches to help people handle tough moments and make small changes that add up. She speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel like a calm conversation rather than an interrogation.
Danielle blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to meet people where they are.
Background and approach
That means she listens closely, helps clients spot unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and supports motivation to change. Sessions move at a person’s pace and center on goals the client finds meaningful. Her style is direct and personable.
She pays attention to everyday challenges like body image, control issues, feeling empty, and social anxiety. She also addresses relationship and family concerns from an individual perspective and helps with coping during life changes. With four years of experience, Danielle brings practical tools rather than heavy jargon.
She offers techniques people can try between sessions, such as simple thought exercises and short behavior experiments. These are introduced step by step so they feel manageable. Danielle practices in North Carolina and works in English.
Her approach is suited to people looking for clear steps, steady support, and collaborative problem solving.
How Danielle’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what they say, and creates space for them to find their own solutions; this helps when someone feels overwhelmed or unsure where to begin.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It teaches simple exercises to notice and change unhelpful thinking and to test new behaviors, which can reduce anxious or low moods over time.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that match those needs. Adjustments are made together as progress and comfort levels become clear.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and hold fuller conversations, while phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can fit therapy into packed schedules and allow for brief, focused exchanges between appointments. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to use techniques in everyday moments.
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What this therapist works with
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- Body image
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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