About Danielle
Danielle Larson is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or addiction. She works with individuals to untangle relationship and intimacy worries, manage mood shifts, and face life changes with clearer direction. Danielle brings 11 years of experience to sessions and practices in Illinois.
She uses straightforward methods to help people notice what matters to them and take small, doable steps toward those values.
Background and approach
Sessions typically include skills for handling intense emotions, improving communication, and reducing unhelpful thinking patterns. Danielle also supports people coping with family of origin issues, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue. Her work blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and a client-centered stance.
This mix aims to help clients build tolerance for difficult feelings while changing behaviors that get in the way of daily life. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and relationship-focused tools when relevant. Danielle aims for a calm, nonjudgmental tone in sessions.
She helps clients sort priorities, practice new skills between meetings, and notice progress over time. Many sessions focus on concrete tools rather than lengthy theory. People reach out for help with anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, addictions, ADHD, and trauma-related stress.
Danielle also assists those dealing with abandonment, commitment or control issues, and challenges around forgiveness and guilt. Work with Danielle typically looks like goal setting, skill practice, and regular check-ins to adapt the plan. She communicates in plain language and centers each person’s values when planning next steps.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take committed steps toward those values, even when feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Danielle will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she will adjust the plan over time based on what is helpful. The process is interactive and tailored rather than a one-size-fits-all program.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or to fit a short check-in into a busy day. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, homework review, and ongoing support between meetings. These options give flexibility to access therapy from different locations and schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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