About Danielle
Danielle Sanchez is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She has six years of clinical experience and works with people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and other life stresses. Danielle focuses on helping clients find practical steps they can use day to day.
She earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology and has experience supporting people with complex challenges. That work included supporting people after incarceration, those dealing with homelessness, and people managing mood and substance concerns.
Background and approach
Danielle also has experience helping people navigate pregnancy after incarceration and the transition back into community life. Danielle uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. She draws from client-centered methods to follow a person’s goals, cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and change unhelpful thoughts, and mindfulness to build calm and focus.
Motivational interviewing is used when someone wants support finding the will to change behaviors. Sessions tend to be straightforward and practical. Danielle helps people break problems into smaller steps and practice skills between meetings.
She aims to improve daily functioning and reduce the stress that gets in the way of routines and relationships. Her work covers a broad range of concerns including relationship and family strain, anger and impulsivity, eating and process addictions, grief, mood disorders, and trauma and abuse. Sessions are offered in English and tailored to each person’s goals and pace.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Danielle commonly uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships influence current reactions and connections. This helps people who struggle with trust, commitment issues, or patterns that repeat in relationships. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors and testing new ways of responding to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Danielle collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, pace, and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time and checks in about what is or isn’t working so the plan stays useful.
Online therapy is offered through several formats: video calls for face-to-face sessions, phone sessions when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, accommodate different comfort levels with technology, and keep momentum between scheduled appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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