About Daniel
Daniel Downey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience supporting people through anxiety, stress, depression, and questions about gender and sexuality. He practices in Missouri and works with adults facing life transitions and persistent mental health concerns. He focuses on clear, practical work in sessions.
Daniel listens to current struggles and helps people set small, doable goals. He uses straightforward strategies to manage panic, phobias, sleep trouble, and mood swings so daily life feels more manageable.
Background and approach
In sessions he draws from several approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods and mindfulness. That means he helps people notice thought patterns, test unhelpful beliefs, and build simple habits that reduce symptoms over time. He also uses client-centered skills to keep conversations grounded in each person’s values and priorities.
For people exploring gender identity or living with LGBTQ concerns, he offers an understanding space to talk through questions and decisions. He also supports individuals coping with grief, relationship strain, hoarding behaviors, and attention differences like ADHD. Daniel’s work aims to be collaborative and paced to the individual.
He helps people break larger problems into steps and practices skills between sessions. People who prefer direct, practical guidance with room for personal meaning often find this approach helpful.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Daniel uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT can be useful for anxiety, panic, phobias, and mood concerns by teaching practical skills and step-by-step plans.He also works with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which focuses on values and committed action. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match what matters to them. Mindfulness-based techniques are used to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity in stressful situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life situation. That choice can change over time as needs and progress evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and routines. Video calls let people use visual cues during conversation, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, brief skill coaching, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep regular sessions and practice new skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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