About Daniel
Daniel Klinkert is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience in mental health care. He holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and draws on his personal experience as a trauma survivor and a recovering addict to inform his work. Daniel focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and relationship struggles.
He emphasizes a respectful, person-centered approach in sessions. Daniel has offered individual and group psychotherapy for many years and has logged thousands of clinical hours.
Background and approach
He has also run a professional training company and contributed to research on psychosocial rehabilitation. That background shapes how he plans treatment and collaborates with people over time. In session he uses practical methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy alongside mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing.
He adapts tools to each person's needs rather than using a single fixed method. Sessions aim to build coping skills, reduce distress, and strengthen relationships and daily routines. Daniel often works with concerns that include stress, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, grief, and chronic health-related stress.
He also addresses attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, and substance-related problems. He talks through patterns that keep people stuck and helps them try different ways of responding. People looking for online support will find a range of session formats available.
Daniel accepts clients through Oregon and also works with international clients in English. He explains options clearly and helps people pick the approach that fits their goals.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Daniel commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to ease anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches emotion regulation and interpersonal skills to manage intense emotions and relationship conflicts.He also draws on client-centered principles to keep the work grounded in each person’s goals and strengths. Finding the right approach is collaborative - the therapist will talk with the client about what feels most useful and adjust methods as needs evolve.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and processing. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels easier than speaking.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules and let people try different formats to see what helps them progress.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oregon, Washington
- Languages
- English
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