About Danielle
Danielle Simmons is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. Danielle aims to make therapy approachable and practical for people feeling overwhelmed by life changes.
She uses a client-centered stance that puts the person's goals first. Sessions often include techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and from emotionally-focused therapy to address how feelings show up in close relationships.
How Danielle works
Danielle also draws on narrative therapy to help people reframe their stories and build a stronger sense of self. Typical concerns Danielle helps with include parenting strain, communication problems, anger, low self-esteem, and trauma and abuse recovery. She also supports people coping with career shifts, divorce and separation, caregiver stress, and panic attacks.
Her work emphasizes clear skills and small, concrete steps that can be tried between sessions. With six years of clinical experience, Danielle combines practical tools with an empathic, down-to-earth style. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused, so people leave with strategies they can use right away.
She speaks English and practices in New York as an LMFT. People who choose Danielle often want straightforward guidance on handling family-of-origin issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, social anxiety, and finding purpose after a major life event. Therapy is paced to match each person’s needs and to help them build lasting coping skills.
Danielle lists 7 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy puts the person's goals and lived experience at the center. It involves listening, reflecting, and shaping sessions around what the person wants to change, which helps with self-esteem, caregiving stress, and relationship patterns.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral changes. That approach is useful for anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and improving day-to-day coping skills.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It can be helpful for anger, emotional reactivity, and problems with emotional regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Danielle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques when someone needs more skills practice, more emotion-focused work, or a chance to reframe personal narratives.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and longer sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, homework review, or quick skill coaching between longer appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.
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