About Daniel
Daniel Nishina is a Licensed Professional Counselor who offers straightforward, relational care for people weighed down by stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. He draws on five years of clinical work and a practical mix of approaches to help clients notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Sessions aim to be down-to-earth and focused on small, usable changes.
He blends talk-based work with attention to the body and behavior.
Background and approach
That means looking at thoughts and stories people tell themselves, while also noticing bodily reactions and everyday habits that keep problems active. This combination is useful for concerns like trauma, grief, anger, and compassion fatigue. Relationships and family dynamics are often part of the picture.
He helps people untangle communication patterns and set clearer boundaries in stressful interactions. Career strain, addictive patterns, and low self-esteem are also areas he regularly addresses. His experience includes living in Japan for many years and a long personal practice of aikido, which informs a calm, embodied style in sessions.
He considers clients' social and cultural context when planning work together. Work begins by building a trusting rapport and then trying concrete steps that fit a person's life. Daniel encourages curiosity about habitual thoughts and bodily signals so clients can experiment with different responses.
Change is gradual, but the aim is steady, practical progress toward feeling more balanced and capable.
How his approaches work online and in-session
Daniel often uses cognitive approaches to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking. This helps with anxiety, low mood, and getting unstuck from repetitive worries. He also integrates somatic ideas that pay attention to bodily sensations and movement to address trauma responses and persistent stress.He favors a relation-centered, humanistic stance that treats the therapy relationship as the place where change begins. Figuring out which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review what helps and adjust methods to match goals and preferences over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into work, family, and travel schedules while using approaches that focus on thoughts, body signals, and everyday action steps.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English