About Danna
Danna Russell is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Utah. She has 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. Danna brings a steady, straightforward style and focuses on clear steps people can use between sessions.
Her work often centers on caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and the ups and downs of life purpose and mood. She supports people living with ADHD and those wrestling with codependency, impulsivity, or workplace strain.
Background and approach
Communication problems, somatic symptoms, and women's issues are also common topics she addresses. Danna draws on evidence-informed approaches to help people untangle painful patterns. Sessions tend to mix practical skills with opportunities to notice inner parts and memories that keep problems active.
She talks through coping tools, behavioral experiments, and ways to shift unhelpful thoughts into more useful ones. Clients can expect a collaborative process where goals and techniques are adjusted to fit real life. Danna often helps people practice new communication habits, set manageable priorities, and build self-compassion along the way.
She emphasizes small, consistent changes rather than quick fixes. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at parents and adults who want clear guidance without jargon. Danna uses her LCSW credential - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - as the professional framework for her practice and adapts care to each person's needs.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
EMDR is a therapy that helps people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge. It can be useful for people who feel stuck by past events or intense reactions tied to memories.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing patterns of behavior. It often involves practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety and lift mood.
Internal Family Systems looks at the different parts inside a person and helps them relate to those parts with more compassion. This approach can help when shame, guilt, or self-criticism keep people stuck.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Danna works with each person to match methods to goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and exercises, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum over time.
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- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English