- Communication skills
- Mindfulness techniques
- Trauma processing
About Danielle
Danielle Whiteside is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Kentucky with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, grief, and anger. Danielle focuses on practical changes clients can use in daily life.
She uses a relational, strengths-focused approach that looks at patterns in how people connect and communicate. Sessions often include work on clearer communication, boundary setting, and managing strong emotions like anger and resentment. Danielle also brings tools from mindfulness and cognitive approaches to help people notice triggers and adjust reactions.
Danielle has experience supporting people through adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, blended family challenges, and caregiver stress. She also addresses separation, commitment doubts, codependency, body image, and career-related stress. Work can include exploring family of origin dynamics and how they affect current relationships.
When trauma is part of the picture, she may use methods that help process difficult memories and reduce their hold on daily life. For relationship work she draws on communication-focused models to improve problem-solving between partners. The focus is on practical steps clients can try between sessions.
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Clients set priorities together with Danielle and track small, achievable changes. People who want clearer ways to handle anger, improve communication, or steady themselves after a loss or life change may find this approach useful.
Approaches used online and how they help
Danielle combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies and EMDR-style trauma processing when appropriate. Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding how a person experiences problems, which helps identify what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral work looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills for managing anger, anxiety, and stress.EMDR-style processing is used when trauma memories are limiting daily functioning; it aims to reduce the intensity of those memories so they interfere less with relationships and mood. Gottman-informed communication work supports clearer interactions between partners and practical steps for repairing conflict.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Danielle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying approaches, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. Therapists can also adapt techniques like mindfulness exercises and cognitive skill practice to work in virtual sessions.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Kentucky, Indiana, South Dakota, Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, grief, anger, anxiety, depression, and related issues such as attachment, codependency, and family of origin matters.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a relational and strengths-based approach with practical tools from client-centered work, CBT, mindfulness, and communication-focused models like the Gottman method.
How long has she practiced?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship and trauma-related concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LMFT with licensure listed as SD LMFT and GA LMFT and practices in Kentucky.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.