Danielle Bonner , LICSW, LISW-CP

Danielle Bonner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 23 years of experience delivering outpatient therapy, DBT facilitation, and life coaching. She holds LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) and LISW-CP (Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice) credentials and maintains licensure across multiple states, bringing extensive clinical training to her work.

Over her career she has supported people facing a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, relationship and parenting challenges, substance use issues, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and ADHD. She has also worked extensively with survivors of trauma, including intimate partner violence and child abuse or neglect. Her background includes practical experience in helping clients manage day-to-day stressors as well as complex emotional and interpersonal difficulties.

Danielle’s counseling style is realistic, kind, and interactive, grounded in a commitment to treat every person with dignity and respect. She integrates cognitive-behavioral strategies with solution-focused, psychodynamic, and rational-emotive techniques to create individualized treatment plans. Conversations and goals are tailored to each client’s unique needs, with an emphasis on collaborative problem solving, skill building, and meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and choose actions that align with personal values. It supports work on stress, anxiety, and life transitions by encouraging acceptance alongside committed, value-driven steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. It provides practical tools for managing symptoms of depression and anxiety and for building everyday coping skills.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skill building in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. It can be particularly helpful for intense emotions, relationship challenges, and patterns of impulsive behavior.

Finding the most effective approach is part of the therapeutic process. Licensed professionals and therapists, including Danielle, work collaboratively with clients to determine the best fit based on individual needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as flexible scheduling and easier access to consistent care. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging let clients engage in therapy from different settings, maintain continuity during life changes, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable.