About Daniel
Daniel Blanchette is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction, and relationship and intimacy concerns. He draws on twenty years of experience to support people facing sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem issues, and career or life transitions. Daniel practices in Oregon and works in English.
Daniel keeps sessions straightforward and practical. He listens first, then helps clients set clear goals and try small changes that add up.
Background and approach
He mixes cognitive behavioral ideas with mindfulness and acceptance strategies to help people notice unhelpful patterns and choose different responses. His background includes a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from Portland State University. Before counseling, he worked as a disc jockey, a special education teacher, and served in the United States Army.
Those roles shaped his practical, down-to-earth style and his comfort with varied life experiences. Over two decades, Daniel has worked in many settings: vocational rehabilitation, residential case management, primary care, inpatient treatment, and emergency departments. He also served as a clinical specialist for a national suicide prevention hotline and consulted on court-related matters.
In sessions he emphasizes respect and a calm atmosphere so people feel heard. He combines client-centered listening with techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness work, and motivational interviewing. The focus is on real-life changes people can use between appointments.
How specific approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and then take small steps toward those values, even when strong feelings show up. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and chronic health concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going and testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce symptoms like panic, insomnia, or low mood. Client-Centered Therapy centers on a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens closely and reflects back what matters to the person, supporting self-directed growth and better decision making.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans when something isn’t helping. This is a collaborative process that aims to match techniques to real-life priorities and preferences.
Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or hands-free time is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or on-the-go support. These options support flexibility while maintaining a consistent therapeutic plan.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English