Danielle Sanchez, LMFT
Practical, collaborative support for recovery and relationships
About Danielle
Danielle Sanchez is a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings six years of clinical experience to her work in California. She focuses on practical support for people facing addiction, mood and anxiety struggles, trauma, and relationship and family concerns.
Background and approach
Her approach is down-to-earth and centered on helping people take steps that matter in daily life. She uses a mix of therapy styles to match each person’s needs.
That can include cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It can also include mindfulness practices to build calm, and client-centered listening to make space for personal meaning.
Danielle has experience supporting people through substance and process addictions, grief, eating concerns, and mood disorders such as bipolar depression. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, impulsivity, and the effects of past sexual assault or domestic violence.
She tends to focus on concrete goals like reducing risky behaviors, improving relationships, and managing strong emotions. Sessions aim to be collaborative and practical.
Danielle helps people identify patterns, try small changes, and notice what works. She encourages pacing the work so it fits daily life and creates realistic steps toward the client’s goals.
Her work combines direct tools with attention to each person’s story. That means using techniques from narrative approaches alongside skill-building so progress is both meaningful and useful.
Danielle welcomes questions about how therapy would look for an individual situation.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Danielle commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, and curb addictive patterns. Client-centered therapy focuses on attentive listening and supporting a person’s own insights so they can find what matters most to them.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. That might mean trying CBT tools for a while, then weaving in mindfulness or narrative techniques based on how someone responds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and more interactive work. Phone can fit shorter check-ins or days when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to keep momentum between sessions and to get brief support without scheduling a full appointment. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English