Deanna (Dani) Minsky, LCSW

Deanna (Dani) Minsky is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and depression. She also supports people facing relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem challenges, career stress, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Dani practices from Maine and brings nine years of clinical experience to her work.

In sessions she focuses on clear, practical steps. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thinking patterns and try new behaviors. She also draws on attachment-based ideas and narrative work to understand how relationships and personal stories shape feelings. Trauma-focused methods and Internal Family Systems are available when trauma or inner parts work is needed.

Before her current practice she worked in schools across Maine and Massachusetts as a clinical social worker. That work included supporting parents and caregivers, consulting with teachers and outside providers, and addressing compassion fatigue and boundaries. Those roles shaped how she helps people juggle multiple demands and manage stressors.

Dani aims to build a trusting, nonjudgmental space where people lead the process. She invites people to describe what has helped or not helped in past therapy and tailors sessions from there. The goal is steady progress through small, concrete changes.

Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She recognizes returning to therapy can bring discomfort and values pacing the work to match each person’s needs and preferences.

How approaches like CBT and attachment work online

Deanna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes that reduce distress. CBT is especially useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into small, testable steps.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. This approach helps people who struggle with trust, closeness, or patterns in their relationships. Narrative Therapy is used to separate a person from their problems by retelling stressful or defining life events in ways that reveal strengths and change possible actions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dani will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She asks about past therapy, what helped or didn’t, and adjusts plans as needed so the work feels useful and doable.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face-to-face when discussing complex material. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, tracking steps between sessions, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives.