About Danielle
Danielle McDonald is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of practice in New York. She brings steady, straightforward support for people facing anxiety, stress, depression, addiction concerns, and major life changes. Danielle writes goals with clients and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life.
Her background includes work in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings and in substance use counseling. That range of experience shaped a flexible style that adapts to what each person needs.
Background and approach
She has worked with children, teenagers, young adults, and adults during her career. Danielle favors clear, collaborative work. She listens, uses empathy, and keeps a sense of humor in sessions.
Early meetings focus on what brought someone to therapy and on a short list of concrete goals to guide the work. Therapeutic tools she commonly uses include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She blends these methods to address issues such as relationship struggles, low self-esteem, grief, parenting challenges, attention differences, and workplace stress.
Sessions emphasize real-world skills - coping strategies, communication practice, and steps to reduce symptoms day to day. Danielle aims to help people regain steadiness after losses, transitions, or traumatic events. Her approach is practical and person-focused.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience at the center. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and helps people name their needs and values. This approach supports work on anxiety, grief, and self-esteem by building a trusting working relationship.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skills. It helps people notice patterns of thinking and behavior that increase anxiety or depression, then practice small changes that reduce symptoms. CBT is useful for stress management, panic, and mood shifts.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy emphasizes understanding and reshaping important emotional bonds. It helps people clarify feelings and improve communication in close relationships, which can reduce repeated conflict and isolation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will explore your needs, goals, and preferences and suggest methods that fit. That plan can change as goals evolve and as you learn what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let you work face to face when interaction and visual cues matter. Phone sessions or live chat can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you need a shorter check-in. Text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into work, school, or parenting schedules while still using practical therapeutic tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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