About Danielle
Danielle McDonald is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 17 years of clinical experience. She draws on years spent in inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use settings to guide her work. Danielle is approachable and direct, and she focuses on building a working relationship that helps people move forward.
Her work often addresses anxiety, depression, stress, and addiction. She also helps people facing life changes, parenting strain, relationship and family problems, and issues tied to trauma or grief.
Background and approach
ADHD, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem concerns are part of her regular practice. Danielle uses a collaborative, easygoing style. She listens, asks questions, and brings empathy and occasional humor to sessions.
Together with each person she sets clear goals and practical steps toward them. In-session she commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Solution-Focused approaches, and she adapts techniques based on what a person needs. Her background in substance use counseling and varied settings informs pragmatic strategies for coping and relapse prevention.
Her clinical focus also includes attachment issues, blended family dynamics, codependency, communication problems, and forgiveness work. People who want straightforward guidance, short-term problem solving, or longer-term support for complex issues may find her approach helpful.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the relationship and on understanding each person's perspective. It involves reflective listening, validation, and helping someone find their own solutions to problems like low self-esteem or life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses straightforward tools such as tracking thoughts, testing unhelpful beliefs, and practicing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name strong feelings, and then use those emotions to guide changes in relationships and self-understanding. It can be useful when attachment issues or intense emotional reactions are part of the problem.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what works best. Clients help shape the plan and can ask for changes at any point.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let therapists and clients work face to face when schedules allow. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support ongoing work between sessions or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy routine.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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