About Daniel
Dr. Daniel Raker is a clinical psychologist based in Colorado with ten years of practice. He directs a regional psychological service and hosts a psychology podcast.
He writes and speaks so complex ideas are easier to use day to day. He has provided care in colleges, community mental health clinics, and chronic pain clinics. His background includes program work for veterans, disabled students, and LGBT students, and training of interns.
How Daniel works
He has focused much of his career on people exposed to traumatic events and on those facing long-term health challenges. Therapy is led by the person coming for help. He uses a client-centered stance that emphasizes respect and collaboration.
Sessions aim to be practical and goal-oriented so people leave with specific steps they can try between meetings. Dr. Raker often draws on cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness approaches to address anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, panic, and stress.
He also uses trauma-focused methods, including EMDR, for post-traumatic stress and related concerns. Solution-focused techniques appear when short-term goal work is useful. He supports work on relationships, intimacy concerns, grief, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem.
Additional attention is given to first responder and veteran issues, aging and chronic illness, and communication or forgiveness struggles. Sessions aim to help people manage life changes and build clear, usable tools. He holds psychologist licenses in Colorado (CO Psychologist PSY.0004966) and New Mexico (NM Psychologist PSY-2022-0115).
Sessions are offered in English and designed to help people apply what they learn in everyday life.
Daniel lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Daniel works with
The areas below are the ones Daniel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | CO Psychologist, NM Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How targeted approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and collaboration, so sessions begin with the person’s goals and priorities and proceed at their pace. This approach helps with relationship worries, grief, low self-esteem, and general life transitions because it centers the person’s experience.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and stress by offering step-by-step tools for coping and mood management.
EMDR, used for trauma-focused work, combines structured processing with focused attention techniques to reduce distress tied to traumatic memories. It can help when past events continue to cause strong reactions in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose or combine methods based on needs, goals, and personal preference, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or use less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins and written reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, care duties, or changing routines.
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