About Destini
Destini Haggen is a Licensed Master Social Worker who helps people facing stress and anxiety find clearer footing. She talks with clients about practical steps they can try and focuses on goals that feel meaningful and achievable. Her approach is direct and encouraging, aimed at helping people notice what is working and build on those strengths.
She draws on solution-focused ideas and client-centered therapy to make sessions collaborative. That means conversations often start with what the person wants to change and what small steps feel doable.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy shape how she helps people notice patterns of thinking and develop skills for managing strong emotions. Destini has four years of clinical experience working with multicultural individuals. Her past work includes supporting people dealing with addiction, depression, relationship stress, grief, trauma and anger.
She also offers coaching-style support for self-esteem and intimacy-related concerns and has an additional focus on gender dysphoria. Sessions are practical and paced toward concrete goals. People leave with exercises they can try between meetings and ways to track progress.
The tone is respectful and strengths-based, with an emphasis on small, steady changes. Destini practices from Michigan and conducts therapy in English. She offers multiple session formats to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building on a person’s own goals. It emphasizes understanding a person’s perspective and helping them decide what changes matter most. This approach is useful when someone wants collaborative, paced work on stress, relationships, or self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. It uses simple exercises and short assignments that fit well into video or messaging formats. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance, which can be practiced in sessions and used between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Clients are treated as partners in deciding which tools to keep and which to change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video offers face-to-face interaction for skill teaching and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or fit brief coaching into a busy day. These options provide flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to continue work when life is busy.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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