Dr. Donna Daniel, LPCC

Dr. Donna Daniel helps people manage grief, stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, addiction concerns, and life changes. She also supports people facing aging and geriatric issues, caregiver strain, identity questions, and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder. Dr. Daniel works with clients on self-esteem, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, career transitions, and trauma and abuse recovery.

She brings 35 years of counseling experience and a straightforward, down-to-earth style to sessions. Her work combines listening with practical steps. She says she brings her whole self to every meeting and pays attention to what a person says and how they present in the room. That approach helps her tailor the conversation to each person’s moment and goals.

Dr. Daniel describes her method as eclectic. She draws on client-centered, Jungian, mindfulness, narrative, and psychodynamic ideas without insisting on one fixed model. In practice that can mean listening for a personal story, noticing recurring patterns, practicing present-moment awareness, and focusing on the client's own priorities for change.

Her background includes decades of varied settings and life experience, including work with military communities abroad and time living in rural and off-grid environments. Those experiences shape a practical view of healing and resilience rather than a theoretical one.

She identifies as spiritual more than religious and is willing to discuss faith or belief when it is meaningful to the person in therapy. Dr. Daniel favors brief, focused work when appropriate but is open to longer cycles of therapy based on what each person needs.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Dr. Daniel uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's experience, prioritizing listening and helping clients name what matters most. That approach helps with relationship issues, self-esteem, and life transitions by keeping the client's goals at the center.

She also draws from mindfulness therapy, which emphasizes present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce stress and improve sleep and mood. Mindfulness techniques can be useful for anxiety, grief, and caregiver stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust the plan as needed. This is a collaborative process where the client’s preferences guide which techniques are emphasized.

Because the biography does not list specific session formats, please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow more frequent short check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist about how sessions might best fit a daily routine and which approaches feel most helpful for the issue at hand.