About Dannielle
Dannielle McLean is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Maine who focuses on practical support for stress and anxiety. She uses short, skill-based routines in sessions so people can manage strong emotions and cravings. Her approach aims to build motivation and steady progress toward real goals.
With three years of experience as an LCPC, she has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings helping people with co-occurring concerns.
Background and approach
She guides clients to change unhelpful thought patterns and to try relaxation and grounding techniques that reduce reactivity. Sessions include real practice of coping skills so people leave with tools they can use right away. She uses motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change and to make it easier to follow through on goals.
That work often pairs with cognitive behavioral strategies to reframe thoughts and shift behaviors. When helpful, mindfulness practices and skills from dialectical behavior therapy are woven into sessions to improve emotion regulation. People bring a range of difficulties including addiction, bipolar symptoms, depression, relationship strain, trauma, sleep or eating troubles, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem struggles, and ADHD-related concerns.
The focus is on steady, achievable steps rather than sweeping promises. In every session she aims to offer clear feedback and consistent follow-up so momentum builds. The tone is practical and supportive, with an emphasis on skills people can use between sessions to feel better and stay on track.
Using practical approaches in online therapy
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and changing responses to cravings by practicing different behaviors and thoughts. Motivational interviewing is a conversational method that strengthens a person’s own reasons for change. It focuses on building motivation and commitment so people follow through on goals they choose for themselves. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which ideas to try first based on current needs, goals, and what feels manageable. That may mean blending CBT skills, motivational interviewing, and some mindfulness or DBT techniques over time. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face work and role practice, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or brief skill practice between sessions. These options give flexibility for steady contact and regular follow-up as clients build and maintain new habits.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English
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