About Danny
Danny El Hassan is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who helps people manage stress and anxiety. He works with adults on concerns like depression, grief, relationship strain, self-esteem, and sleep problems. His approach aims to make therapy practical and understandable for worried parents looking for clear help.
He draws on several ways of working to match each person's needs. Sessions often focus on building awareness of patterns and then trying specific changes.
Background and approach
Danny uses cognitive tools to address unhelpful thoughts and client-centered conversation to prioritize the person's goals. Danny has three years of clinical experience and has worked in tele-health and phone counseling. He has published research on the experiences of LGBT elders and studied micro-aggressions affecting people with disabilities.
That background shapes how he notices identity and life-stage issues in sessions. In practice he balances short-term coaching with longer-term exploration. Some meetings are practical skill-building and planning.
Others look at deeper feelings and patterns to increase insight and emotional coping. Sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. People who choose him begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that fit their timing.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building goals together. In practice this means the therapist follows the person's lead, asks clarifying questions, and helps set small, achievable steps for change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses simple exercises to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes by teaching practical skills and homework between sessions.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. It is useful when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps, such as addressing addictions, career shifts, or health goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan together over time. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps the individual.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and emotional check-ins. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break at work. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, reminders, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on making steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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