Danielle DePalma

Danielle DePalma is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 22 years of professional experience. She trained in psychology at Cornell University and earned a Master of Arts in Social Work from Columbia University. Danielle focuses on clear, down-to-earth help for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed.

Her practice centers on common life problems like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. She also supports people working through anger, parenting concerns, adoption and foster care issues, attachment questions, and challenges related to caregiving. Danielle lists a broad range of additional concerns she addresses, including codependency, communication problems, and fertility and cancer-related stress.

Danielle uses several practical therapy approaches to shape conversations and goals. She draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s priorities, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and tools from dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation. She also uses EMDR for trauma processing and elements of the Gottman Method for relationship-focused work.

Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Danielle aims to tailor the plan and pacing to what each person needs. She stresses respect, sensitivity, and compassion in the room and works collaboratively to build manageable steps.

Taking the first step can feel hard, and Danielle recognizes that. She encourages people to begin with the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the person. Online sessions using this approach usually start by identifying priorities and building a plan together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change patterns. In an online setting CBT often includes homework and short skill practice between meetings. EMDR is used to process traumatic memories through guided bilateral stimulation and structured recall; when used online it follows the same stages but with tools adapted for remote sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Danielle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, comfort level, and life demands. That conversation often happens in the first few meetings and may change as progress is made.

The specific session formats for this therapist are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can help fit treatment into busy schedules and reduce travel time. It can make shorter check-ins possible on a workday, allow people to use audio-only if they prefer, or let someone attend from a quieter place without commuting. Licensed professionals and therapists commonly adapt materials and exercises so they work well over distance while keeping the focus on clear goals and everyday skills.