Danielle DePalma, LCSW
New York · 22 years in practice
Danielle DePalma is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 22 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 071951 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1649499039 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Danielle
Danielle DePalma is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 22 years of experience. She trained in psychology and social work and has spent her career helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and depression. Danielle works from a respectful, compassionate stance and aims to meet people where they are.
She adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s needs. Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Danielle uses a mix of approaches to address symptoms and patterns that get in the way of daily life. Her work includes attention to trauma and abuse, parenting and family concerns, intimacy and communication problems, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, fertility and cancer-related challenges, and work or career strain.
Danielle uses Client-Centered Therapy to center the person’s own goals, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior, Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools for emotion regulation, EMDR for processing traumatic memories, and elements of the Gottman Method for relationship work. She combines these methods to match what a person needs that day.
Based in New York, Danielle speaks English and offers sessions in several online formats. She encourages people to take the first step and complete the short matching questionnaire to begin scheduling.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Danielle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Danielle names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting working relationship so the person sets the direction of therapy. It helps when someone needs a respectful space to name goals and feel heard.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches clear strategies to change patterns that cause distress. It often works well for anxiety, depression, and stress by giving practical tools to use between sessions.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity. In sessions the therapist and client work together through specific protocols to address memories that keep causing distress.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then recommend a path to try. That plan can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful for in-depth work and visual connection, phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging allow for brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping focus on progress and useful skills.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, parenting and family problems, and many related concerns such as ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style?
She favors a collaborative, person-centered style and pairs that with practical strategies from CBT and DBT. Sessions focus on clear steps and skills people can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has over 22 years of professional experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life issues.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in New York and practices out of that state.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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