About Destiny
Destiny Howell is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and trauma. Destiny centers the work on building practical skills and clearer self-understanding.
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs, drawing from cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment practices, attachment perspectives, and client-centered listening. Sessions often include skill-building, values work, and attention to how past relationships shape present patterns.
Background and approach
Destiny pays attention to cultural identity and spiritual background. She aims to make space where Black, Christian, and other diverse clients can name what matters to them. This shapes how she helps people set goals and try new ways of relating.
Her work also covers stress from work and caregiving, compassion fatigue, and concerns about body image or self-worth. She supports people dealing with grief, addiction, mood shifts, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and communication. With ten years of experience, Destiny combines practical tools with steady listening.
She encourages small, doable changes and helps people notice progress. The overall aim is clearer choices, healthier relationships, and greater ease moving forward.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions that match those values. It helps when people feel stuck by worry or avoidance and want clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship experiences shape current reactions and closeness with others. It is helpful for people who notice repeated relationship patterns or fears around abandonment or trust.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Destiny collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, comfort level, and life situation. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress and needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations and nonverbal connection. Phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat or messaging offer quick check-ins, brief coaching, or flexible support between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping a steady therapeutic process.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Depression
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English