Danielle Whiteside
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
About Danielle
Are you looking for a supportive space to heal, reflect, and make meaningful changes in your life, relationships, or career? You don’t have to navigate this season alone—I’m here to walk alongside you.
Life brings challenges to all of us. Some seasons feel steady, while others feel overwhelming or uncertain. Our experiences—especially relational ones—can shape how we see ourselves and how we show up with others. Therapy can be a place to slow down, gain clarity, and create lasting, realistic change.
I work from a relational and strengths-based approach, helping clients explore patterns, improve communication, and build healthier connections. I specialize in working with individuals and couples navigating relationship challenges, premarital and marital concerns, trauma, abandonment, foster care and adoption-related experiences, and identity awareness through tools like the Enneagram to better understand triggers and emotional responses.
My goal is to offer a safe, nonjudgmental environment where you can show up as yourself, lower your guard, and begin the work of healing. Together, we’ll focus on building stability, insight, and practical goals that support meaningful growth.
You’re welcome here—just as you are!
What Danielle helps with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Danielle works
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “I’ve had only a couple of appointments, but it’s been very easy to talk with her. She make it a safe space with no judgement.”
- “Danielle is fantastic”
- “we appreciate her insight and have loved our first session”
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- “Danielle is SUPER responsive to my messages. It’s clear that she is not just throwing out stock responses, and I am grateful, especially as we are going through an extremely tough period.”
- “Danielle is so open and honest and is able to ask the questions that make me pause and really consider my feelings, emotions and my motives. I am really make attempts to heed her advice and make the changes in my life.”
- “I love working with her. She listens and helps me learn more about myself. She has truly made me a better person.”
- “So far I have only had 1 session with Danielle. Instantly she made me feel so comfortable to open up. I appreciate all of her health and can’t wait for more sessions with her.”
- “She’s amazing and truly supports all sides of my growth!”
- “After the many times I have tried therapy, this is the first time I have felt any progress. The first time I felt heard and truly seen. Almost like she can actually read my thoughts or emotions before I have had a chance to process it. I look forward to continuing to work with her.”
- “I've only been using BetterHelp and working with Danielle for a short time, but it has been extremely helpful! She helps me identify short and long-term coping strategies and goals to make day-to-day life better and is by far the best therapist I've ever had. It makes me excited about how I can better myself in the future.”
- “Danielle is so attentive and wonderful at helping me communicate what’s on my mind. Someone like her is hard to find. I appreciate her willingness to listen fully and learn about me. I feel like she genuinely cares about my success and happiness. Couldn’t ask for more”
- “I truly love the insight and support Danielle gives me any time that we talk. She listens and asks questions that make me really think and reflect.”
- “I appreciate Danielle being there to listen to me and helping through some things in my life. This has allow me heal and move forward through alot things that I didn’t understand or never talked to anyone about. Thank you so much!!”
- “She is just awesome”
- “In my time working g with Danielle we covered a lot and I’m really glad that I decided to make this decision to get therapy. Danielle, is a great listener and her approach is exactly what I would have wanted my therapist to do…I like that she gives homework and she has also offered great insight. Best decision I’ve made!”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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