About Danis
Danis Okang is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. He focuses on everyday struggles like addiction, relationship strain, family conflict, and low self-esteem. He meets people where they are and aims to make the first steps easier.
He uses practical talking and skill-building in sessions. Conversations are tailored to each person’s situation and goals. Danis listens for patterns such as avoidance, control issues, or trouble with trust, and then offers concrete tools to try between sessions.
Background and approach
Therapy often includes behavior-focused exercises and attention to emotions. Danis draws on approaches that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, learn new coping skills, and practice different ways of relating. He also addresses deeper wounds like abandonment, attachment problems, guilt, and shame when they come up.
Sessions may cover high-intensity moments such as panic attacks or mood swings and longer-term goals like finding life purpose or repairing communication. Danis also supports people working through separation, forgiveness, and isolation. He aims for steady progress through short, manageable steps.
He is licensed in Pennsylvania and offers services in English. Danis adapts session pace and homework to fit each person’s daily life. He encourages honest conversation and practical change for people ready to try a different path.
Approaches that guide online work and practical tools
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without letting them control actions. It focuses on values and small steps toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety and life purpose concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It uses simple exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills for panic attacks, mood problems, and stress.
Finding the right way to work together is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then try approaches that fit those needs. This is a collaborative decision and can be adjusted over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit a busy life. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text can be a shorter check-in or a way to practice skills between calls. These options let people connect from different locations and schedules while keeping therapy consistent and flexible.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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