Danielle Van Dusen , LCMHC

Danielle Van Dusen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in New Hampshire who brings over 12 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. She approaches mental health as a balance influenced by behaviors, relationships, and life circumstances, and she emphasizes the central role of healthy relationships both with others and with oneself in fostering well-being.

Danielle has supported people facing a broad range of concerns, including addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and family challenges, ADHD, anxiety and depression, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep difficulties, parenting stress, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. Her additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, kink and alternative sexual cultures, body image, codependency, domestic violence, substance use, family of origin dynamics, first responder challenges, and immigration-related stressors.

Her clinical work is informed by client-centered principles and evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), existential approaches, and mindfulness-based techniques. Danielle tailors her interventions to each person she sees, maintaining ongoing professional development in trauma-informed practice and cultural awareness. She combines practical skills with collaborative exploration to help clients identify current challenges and create workable paths forward.

Approach-Focused Online Therapy with Danielle

Danielle draws from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to guide online work in ways that align with each person's needs. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and partnership - it helps clients explore their values, strengthen self-understanding, and build a therapeutic relationship that supports change.

CBT offers practical tools to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, making it useful for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and stress-related concerns. DBT supplies skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially helpful for intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and patterns related to addiction or self-destructive behaviors.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Danielle works with clients to assess goals, preferences, and presenting problems, then adapts techniques or combines approaches so care fits the individual rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy with Danielle is offered by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options allow therapy to fit around work, family, and other commitments while preserving continuity of care and making it easier to receive support from wherever one is located within her service area.