About Danielle
Dr. Danielle Johnson uses a client-centered approach to help people manage overwhelming feelings and painful experiences. She focuses on listening carefully and giving practical tools so people can start to feel steadier.
Dr. Danielle Johnson holds an MD and an LCPC and brings eight years of counseling experience to her work. Her practice supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction.
She also helps with trauma and abuse, grief, relationship strain, and self-esteem difficulties.
Background and approach
ADHD, attachment concerns, and codependency are part of her regular work as well. Sessions emphasize clear, useful strategies drawn from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Those methods help people notice unhelpful thoughts, learn coping skills, and practice new responses when emotions run high.
Emotionally focused ideas help people repair connection and understand important relationship patterns. She has particular experience with life changes and adjustment challenges, including immigration-related stress and recovery after natural or human-caused disaster. Harm reduction and support around drug and alcohol addiction are also within her focus areas.
Multicultural concerns and issues tied to guilt, shame, or forgiveness are addressed directly and respectfully. Dr. Johnson aims to create an atmosphere of calm attention where clients can examine goals and try practical steps.
She encourages small, steady changes and works collaboratively to tailor plans that fit each person’s daily life. People who want clear tools and steady support often find this approach helpful.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and working at the client's pace. The therapist offers space to describe what matters most and then shapes goals with the person. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that match the client's needs and preferences. Together they decide whether to focus on skill building, emotion regulation, or repairing relationship patterns based on progress and comfort.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversations and guided exercises. Phone can fit into a busy day or use less data. Live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins, short coaching, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or travel.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English