About Danielle
Danielle McDonald is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of practice based in New York. She began her career after earning a master’s degree in social work and has provided care in inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use settings. Danielle approaches therapy in a straightforward, calm way and aims to build a trusting relationship from the first session.
She focuses on common concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, low self-esteem, and help adjusting to life changes.
Background and approach
Danielle also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Her work includes attention to relationship and communication problems and a range of family-related issues without running family sessions unless discussed. Danielle uses client-centered work to follow each person’s pace and priorities.
She commonly draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses emotionally-focused and mindfulness-based tools when they fit someone’s goals. In sessions she stays collaborative and practical.
Danielle listens, offers feedback, and helps people set small, doable goals. She adapts how she works to the person’s situation and preferred communication method. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Danielle practices as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - in New York and carries the NY LCSW number 080182. She conducts work in English and does not work with international clients.
How Danielle’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered work means the therapist follows a person’s lead and focuses on what matters most to them. It’s useful for people who want a supportive, paced way to talk things through and set goals together.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior. In practice it involves identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and trying small behavioral experiments to change daily routines or reactions. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday problems.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name strong feelings and then use that awareness to change how they respond. It’s often used when emotion and relationship patterns are getting in the way of feeling better.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and together decide which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can change as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, shorter coaching-style work, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy life and keep steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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