About Daniel
Daniel Schroeder is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who blends practical tools with a respectful, person-first approach. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, substance concerns, and major life changes. Daniel writes plainly and aims to make therapy understandable and usable for everyday life.
He draws from Client-Centered Therapy to create an accepting space where people can speak honestly. He pairs that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are woven in to help with emotional regulation and moment-to-moment coping. Daniel has twelve years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping struggles, parenting and fatherhood questions, and career stress. He also supports people facing addiction, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
His experience includes helping people with attachment, abandonment, and blended family issues. In sessions he focuses on practical steps that fit a person’s life. That might mean learning new communication strategies, pacing exposure to difficult feelings, or setting small goals that lead to bigger changes.
He collaborates on a plan and adjusts it as needs shift. Daniel practices in Washington and conducts sessions in English. He uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules based on the therapist’s calendar.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where a person can speak openly and begin to sort out what matters most. It helps when someone needs to feel heard before making changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it suits worries, low mood, and stress that come from repetitive thinking. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift interaction patterns that fuel relationship pain and can be useful for intimacy or attachment struggles.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Daniel will talk with a person about goals and preferences, then collaborate on a plan that borrows from these methods as needed. The choice of method can change over time as progress is made or new issues arise, and the therapist adjusts the focus based on feedback.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions can suit lower bandwidth or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while using approaches that target thought patterns, emotions, and relationships.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English