About Danelle
Danelle Locklear is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina who helps people tackle stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship struggles. She works with adults facing depression, grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, and life changes. Danelle aims to help clients find practical ways to cope and move forward.
With five years of clinical experience as an LCSW, she draws on straightforward, talk-based methods to address immediate problems.
How Danelle works
Sessions focus on building skills that fit each person’s daily life. Danelle uses techniques from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral approaches, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused planning. She pays attention to patterns that affect relationships and self-worth, including attachment concerns, control issues, jealousy, and communication problems.
She also supports people dealing with chronic pain, illness, disability, HIV/AIDS, and substance use challenges. Her approach aims to reduce shame, manage impulsivity, and rebuild routines around sleep, eating, and daily coping. In sessions she listens first, then helps set clear, achievable goals.
Small steps and measurable changes are emphasized, whether the focus is on anger, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles, or finding a renewed sense of purpose. Treatment plans are adjusted as progress emerges. Danelle combines practical skill-building with compassionate support.
She helps people identify what’s working, try new strategies, and track results over time. The aim is steady, sustainable improvement rather than quick fixes.
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What Danelle works with
The areas below are the ones Danelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and strengths. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps clients shape clear, doable steps toward change. This style works well for issues like low self-esteem, grief, and general life transitions.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often includes short exercises and homework that can be reviewed during sessions, which helps with anxiety, depression, insomnia, and some addiction-related patterns.
Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotion regulation. These practices are easy to teach over video or phone and can support stress, anger, and chronic pain management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with clients to identify goals and try methods that feel useful. Plans are adjusted based on progress and personal preferences so therapy fits each person’s life and needs.
Online formats offer flexibility that helps people stay consistent. Video calls let the therapist observe nonverbal cues and run guided exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for brief check-ins. Live chat or text-based messaging supports quick questions, short check-ins, or ongoing tracking between sessions.
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