About Danielle
Danielle Larson is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, evidence-informed therapy. She uses clear, down-to-earth language and helps people manage stress, anxiety, mood changes, addiction, and relationship struggles. Danielle aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful.
She listens without judgment and helps clients name what is most pressing. Together they set small, achievable goals that fit daily life. Her work draws on several approaches, including cognitive behavioral strategies to shift thinking patterns and acceptance-based methods to reduce struggle with difficult feelings.
Background and approach
She also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Danielle brings 11 years of clinical experience in Illinois to each case. She supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, intimacy-related questions, and workplace or career stress.
Her practice also addresses eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD-related struggles, and compassion fatigue. Sessions can include talking through communication and commitment issues, managing guilt and shame, and practical planning around relapse prevention for substance concerns. The focus is on helping people build better day-to-day coping, clearer communication, and stronger self-direction.
Clients work at a pace that suits them. Danielle emphasizes collaboration and real-world skills so changes stick beyond the therapy hour.
Approach-driven care available online
Danielle uses approaches that focus on thoughts, values, and practical skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult feelings without getting stuck and clarify personal values to guide action in everyday life. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) contributes specific skills for managing intense emotion, reducing impulsivity, and improving relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Danielle will listen to your goals and preferences and then recommend strategies that align with what you want to change. That collaboration helps tailor the mix of techniques so sessions feel focused and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit shorter check-ins or moments when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and travel while using methods that target stress, relationships, mood, and coping skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- 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