About Daniel
Daniel Sigel is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with ten years of experience. He offers straightforward, respectful support for people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and depression. He speaks English and practices from Maine.
He sees each person as the expert on their own life and starts by listening. Sessions are warm and nonjudgmental. He helps people name what is getting in the way and spot patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
Daniel uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also draws on client-centered and solution-focused ideas to build on strengths and set achievable goals. His work is trauma-informed and pays attention to how past hurts affect current life.
His approach is collaborative and straightforward. He offers mindfulness practices, problem-solving steps, and ways to rebuild confidence. The aim is usually to reduce distress and make daily life more manageable.
Daniel adapts sessions to each person rather than following a fixed formula. He focuses on identifying negative cycles and helping people take concrete steps to break them. He acknowledges that therapy is often hard work but views clients as worth the effort.
How his approaches work in online therapy
Daniel blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to offer both listening and concrete change. Client-centered therapy focuses on hearing a person's story without judgment and helping them find their own solutions. That helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy targets specific thoughts and behaviors with straightforward exercises to reduce anxiety, panic, and low mood.He also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. This approach is conversational and helps with challenges like low motivation or getting stuck in old patterns. Together, these methods let him tailor sessions to what each person needs, and he will work with clients to decide which mix fits their goals.
Online therapy makes those approaches more flexible. Video calls let the work feel like an in-person session when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, short coaching, or moments when writing helps process thoughts. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Avoidant personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English