About Danielle
Danielle Anderson is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She brings 17 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and challenges around sexuality and motivation.
Background and approach
She uses plain talk and straightforward strategies so clients know what to expect in sessions. Her work focuses on practical change.
She helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors that lead to less distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a go-to method she uses to break big problems into small, manageable steps.
Danielle aims to make sessions feel open and nonjudgmental. People can talk through painful memories, relationship frustrations, or uncertainty about identity and sexuality.
She emphasizes concrete goals so progress is clear and measurable. She also addresses sleep problems, attention and focus issues like ADHD, and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.
Additional areas of focus include grief, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and concerns tied to culture or identity. For people exploring kink, non-monogamy, or gender questions, she offers a respectful space to discuss boundaries, communication, and safety.
Danielle combines practical tools with steady support to help people take the next steps toward feeling better.
How CBT and online sessions work together
Danielle commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying negative thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and panic. CBT breaks problems into concrete steps so people can try small changes between sessions and see what helps.The choice of approach is collaborative. She will talk with each person about their goals, try different strategies, and adjust methods based on what feels helpful. Deciding on the best approach happens together rather than being fixed from the start.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and working through exercises together. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people share thoughts in writing between appointments or have brief check-ins when schedules are tight.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work during moves or schedule changes. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT techniques to each format so people still get practical tools and progress toward their goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English