About Danielle
Danielle Washington is a licensed clinical professional counselor who helps people manage anxiety, stress, grief, and other life challenges. She works with people who are ready to set goals and try practical strategies to feel better. Danielle keeps language simple and focuses on small, steady steps people can use day to day.
With 11 years of experience, she blends several therapy methods to meet each person's needs. She uses evidence-informed approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based ideas to tackle thoughts, behaviors, and values.
Background and approach
She also draws on client-centered principles to create space for people to be heard and understood. Danielle often integrates emotion-focused work to help people address relationship struggles and painful memories. When requested, she can include faith-based perspectives and prayer alongside clinical methods.
She aims to help people reduce unwanted symptoms and build coping skills that fit their lives. Her background includes a Master of Arts in Community Counseling and an Illinois LCPC license. Over the years she has worked with concerns ranging from panic and depression to process addictions and life transitions.
Danielle pays attention to practical steps that make daily routines easier and more manageable. Sessions tend to focus on identifying patterns, practicing new skills, and setting realistic goals. She encourages collaboration so people leave with tools they can try between meetings.
The approach is straightforward, respectful, and geared toward progress that can be measured over time.
How Danielle’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small actions toward them even when anxiety or difficult feelings are present. It focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing behavior that matches what matters most rather than fighting every uncomfortable feeling.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Clients learn to identify unhelpful thinking patterns, test them, and try new behaviors that reduce worry and improve daily functioning.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift patterns of emotional response in relationships and personal life. It can be useful for processing painful memories, building stronger connections, and reducing intensity around triggers.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Danielle works with each person to decide which methods best match their goals, preferences, and the problems they bring. She regularly adjusts the plan based on what is working and what needs change.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are good for face-to-face interaction and practicing skills together. Phone calls can be a lighter alternative when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, homework support, or quick problem-solving between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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