About Danika
Dr. Danika Contreras uses practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and other life challenges. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with eight years of professional experience.
Dr. Contreras centers conversations on what matters to each person and helps them find concrete steps forward. Her work often focuses on relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and substance concerns.
She also supports people dealing with sleep and eating difficulties, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make problems feel more manageable and day-to-day life more sustainable. Dr. Contreras has worked in a variety of therapy settings.
That background shaped a practical approach that mixes short-term problem solving with deeper work on patterns and meaning. She listens for strengths to build on and helps people try new ways of coping. In a typical session she will listen, reflect what she hears, and help set small, doable goals between meetings.
Therapy may include skill practice, communication strategies, and ways to reduce overwhelm. Progress is checked together so plans can change as needed. People meet with her by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Sessions are scheduled through the site's matching and booking process. English-language services are provided to clients in Illinois.
Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Care
Dr. Contreras uses well-established, evidence-based techniques that focus on real-life change. One approach emphasizes skill building for stress and anxiety, teaching breathing, grounding, and behavioral strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve sleep. Another approach centers on coping with mood and loss, helping people process grief or depressive symptoms through paced reflection and practical activity planning.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will test methods, track progress, and adjust strategies so the plan fits the person’s needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work through issues face to face, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers no camera. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, and flexible communication between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity of care.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English