About Danielle
Danielle Nielson welcomes people who are juggling work, parenting, and life changes and need a practical way to get support. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW practicing in Missouri with five years of clinical experience. Danielle writes plainly and meets people where they are so conversations feel straightforward and useful.
She began with a Bachelor of Social Work from Missouri Western State University and completed a Master of Social Work at Park University.
Background and approach
After clinical supervision in 2020 she continued work in outpatient mental health, foster care, and domestic violence settings. Those roles shaped her focus on trauma, attachment, and family-related concerns. Danielle uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Solution-Focused methods, and Motivational Interviewing.
Sessions focus on identifying triggers, building concrete skills, and setting realistic goals. She keeps the work collaborative - therapist and client decide what steps make sense next. She often helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship issues, and challenges tied to adoption, attachment, or blended families.
Danielle also supports people facing eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Outside of work she balances parenting two children and enjoys reading and talking about books. That everyday perspective influences how she frames coping strategies.
Her style blends warmth with practical tools so clients can apply changes between sessions.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that match those values. It helps when people feel stuck or overwhelmed by distressing thoughts and want to build a meaningful day-to-day life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and uses simple, practical exercises to shift unhelpful habits. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching specific coping skills. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens and reflects so people can find their own solutions. This approach supports self-understanding and confidence when navigating life changes.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they will try strategies, notice what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is useful for a full conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can be an easier option when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t convenient. Live chat and text sessions let people check in between longer sessions or fit a brief appointment into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep momentum and use new skills in real time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English