About Danielle
Danielle Larson is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois. She uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. Danielle keeps sessions straightforward and focused on the problems people bring in.
She creates a calm, accepting space where people can name what feels hard and try small, doable changes. Danielle draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help clients learn new skills.
How Danielle works
Conversations often include thinking habits, coping tools, and experiments to shift daily routines. Danielle also addresses relationship and intimacy-related concerns, communication problems, and family of origin issues. She supports work around grief, trauma and abuse, anger, and complicated feelings such as guilt, shame, and emptiness.
Addiction and substance-related struggles are part of her clinical focus as well. Her practice pays attention to practical life challenges too, including career stress, parenting strain, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and coping with major life changes. Danielle blends skill teaching with a client-centered stance so people can choose what fits them.
She encourages small steps that build confidence over time. With 11 years of clinical experience, Danielle adapts tools from different approaches to match each person’s needs. Sessions are offered in English and take place online using video, phone, chat, or messaging.
The goal is steady progress toward clearer goals and better day-to-day functioning.
Danielle lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Danielle works with
The areas below are the ones Danielle 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
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and what online therapy offers
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward a more meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and routines with clear strategies. Clients learn to test beliefs, build helpful behaviors, and reduce symptoms tied to mood, anxiety, and eating concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. It can be useful for strong emotions, impulsivity, and problems managing intense reactions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked before, then combine techniques to fit those needs. Sessions can shift over time as goals change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and teaching skills, phone can fit a break at work or low bandwidth, chat is good for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum toward goals.
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