About Danielle
Danielle Dessaso is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, motivation, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Danielle speaks plain, direct language and supports people who are ready to make changes but feel stuck.
She believes clients know their story best and brings a strengths-based approach to each session. Danielle helps people notice patterns that get in the way and practices small, doable strategies to change them.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Danielle draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address worry, low confidence, and life transitions. She works with people on practical skills for communication, managing overwhelm, and building motivation.
Her style is warm, straightforward, and goal-oriented while still making room for emotion and personal values. Therapy often begins with identifying a few clear goals and testing what helps in daily life. Danielle uses short-term tools alongside deeper conversations about values and purpose.
She also supports work around body image, caregiver stress, commitment and communication problems, feelings of isolation, and navigating multicultural or discrimination-related challenges. People who prefer candid feedback and concrete steps tend to fit well with her approach. Sessions aim to leave clients with specific strategies to try between meetings and a clearer sense of next steps.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Danielle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer daily functioning. One common approach emphasizes building skills to manage anxiety and overwhelm through short, actionable strategies that people can practice between sessions. This helps when worry or stress interferes with work, sleep, or relationships.Another approach centers on identifying and shifting unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior. That work combines talking through problems with trying small experiments in real life to test what actually helps, useful for motivation, self-esteem, and relationship communication.
Deciding which methods to use is a collaborative process. Danielle works with each person to figure out what fits their goals, preferences, and pace. She reviews what’s working and adjusts the plan so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when video isn’t needed and often require less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can be a shorter check-in or an easier way to keep momentum between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different ways of connecting until the best fit is found.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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