About Danielle
Danielle Patterson is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing trauma, depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. She listens without judgment and focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more capable. She also supports those dealing with body image struggles, substance use concerns, and major life changes.
With 13 years of clinical experience, Danielle draws on methods that teach concrete skills. She often uses strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and manage intense emotions.
Background and approach
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is used when trauma memories are a central concern. Her training includes a counseling education from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and she holds an Arkansas Licensed Professional Counselor credential. In sessions she aims for a calm, accepting tone and a practical focus on small, doable changes.
Conversations are straightforward and paced to each person’s needs. People can expect sessions that combine listening, skill practice, and goal-setting. Danielle emphasizes coping tools that work between sessions, such as mindfulness and behavioral experiments.
She helps clients notice patterns, try alternatives, and track progress over time. Therapy plans are tailored to the problem at hand. Danielle works collaboratively to set priorities, address immediate distress, and build long-term resilience.
Her approach is steady, practical, and focused on helping people regain a sense of control.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Danielle often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and routines. CBT sessions typically involve identifying patterns, trying new behaviors between sessions, and tracking small wins to reduce anxiety or depression.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT techniques are practical tools that can be practiced during the week to reduce overwhelming responses and improve relationships.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review symptoms, goals, and preferences and then pick methods to try. If one approach isn’t helping, they adjust the plan together until it fits the person’s needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how care is delivered. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction when they want deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when video is not practical or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, quick skill coaching, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while still using CBT and DBT tools in regular practice.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas
- Languages
- English