Danielle Behrens, LPC

Danielle Behrens is a licensed professional counselor with 26 years of experience helping adults facing depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, relationship troubles, and struggles with identity. She supports people dealing with mood disorders, addiction concerns, grief, parenting stress, and work-related burnout. Her focus includes both immediate coping and longer-term recovery. She uses clear, practical approaches in sessions and aims to make therapy feel approachable. Conversations explore what feels stuck and focus on small changes that make daily life easier. Clients work on communication, self-esteem, boundaries, and managing intense emotions. Danielle blends cognitive behavioral strategies with acceptance-based ideas and attachment-informed work. That combination helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, choose values-based actions, and understand patterns that affect relationships. Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy are used when people need tools for regulation and distress tolerance. Sessions move at a pace the client can manage. Danielle helps people set short-term goals and develop concrete skills like sleep habits, coping plans for panic, or steps toward healthier relationships. She also supports career decision-making and navigating major life transitions. Based in Wisconsin, she offers a warm, nonjudgmental setting for adults who want to change how they respond to pain, loss, or stress. The work is collaborative and practical, with attention to building resilience and clearer choices for everyday life.

How her approaches work online

Danielle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in ways that translate well to online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life actions, which helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy concentrates on clarifying personal values and taking small committed steps, which supports coping with chronic stress, grief, and life transitions.

She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to notice relationship patterns and improve how people connect with others. That work helps clients see long-standing interaction styles and try new ways of relating in daily life. Together, these approaches give both immediate skills and longer-term insight. Finding the right mix is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. That collaboration shapes a plan that may combine CBT exercises, acceptance strategies, and attachment-focused reflection. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make short check-ins and skills coaching easier between sessions, offering flexibility for busy schedules.