- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma-informed methods
- Attachment work
About Deanna
Deanna (Dani) Minsky is a Maine licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, with nine years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and anger. She also supports those dealing with career strain, parenting challenges, ADHD, and relationship and family concerns.
Dani draws on work she did in schools across Maine and Massachusetts. There she supported parents, caregivers, teachers, and other providers. That role involved addressing compassion fatigue, setting boundaries, and adapting approaches to meet specific needs.
Her practice uses several therapeutic approaches to understand both emotions and the surrounding life context. Trauma-focused work looks at how past harms affect current reactions. Attachment-based ideas help identify how relationships shape behavior and expectations.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Narrative Therapy offers ways to reframe difficult personal stories and find different meanings. Internal Family Systems looks at the parts inside a person that influence feelings and choices.
In sessions she pays attention to what has helped clients before and what did not. She aims to build trust and to be straightforward about methods and goals. People who are new to therapy or returning after a break are invited to describe what they want from the work.
Practical steps are emphasized. That can mean learning skills for managing anger and strong feelings, strengthening supports in daily life, or finding ways to reduce burnout and overwhelm.
Approaches used in remote sessions
Attachment-based work pays attention to how relationships shape emotional responses and behavior. It can help when patterns from early connections repeat in adult life or show up in how someone handles anger or conflict.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behavioral experiments that reduce reactivity and improve coping.
Narrative Therapy helps people reframe difficult stories they tell about themselves. Shifting those narratives can reduce shame and open up alternatives for responding to stress and loss.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will review a client’s goals, history, and preferences and suggest methods to try. That recommendation can change over time as the work progresses and as different needs arise.
Please confirm the therapist's current session formats before booking because the profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or reduce the need to travel. The focus is on practical ways to apply skills in everyday situations and on finding methods that suit the client's routine.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Maine
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anger, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She mixes practical, skills-based work with attention to relationships and life context, using approaches such as CBT, attachment ideas, narrative work, and parts-based methods.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience, including work in schools supporting parents, teachers, and other providers in Maine and Massachusetts.
What credentials and location does she list?
She is a Maine LCSW and practices out of Maine.
Which languages are offered and can international clients sign up?
Sessions are offered in English; international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the profile.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.