Danielle Bonner , LICSW, LISW-CP

Danielle Bonner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 23 years of experience providing outpatient therapy, DBT facilitation, and life coaching. She is licensed to practice in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama and holds the credentials LICSW and LISW-CP - LICSW meaning Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and LISW-CP indicating Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practitioner. Over her career she has worked with a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, substance use, obsessive-compulsive disorder, ADHD, and trauma such as intimate partner violence and child abuse or neglect.

Her counseling style is realistic, kind, and interactive, grounded in respect and a commitment to treating each person with dignity. She combines practical, evidence-informed methods with a collaborative stance, tailoring conversations and treatment plans to meet each personâs unique needs. As a DBT facilitator and coach, she supports clients in building skills for emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and coping with life's transitions.

Danielle focuses on helping people navigate grief, relationship and intimacy issues, stress and burnout, and the long-term effects of trauma, while also offering support around parenting, family dynamics, and identity-related concerns. She is not currently accepting new clients.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Danielle Bonner draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and client-centered principles to guide her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mood concerns. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) emphasizes skills training for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and relationship effectiveness, which can be especially useful for intense emotions, trauma responses, and interpersonal difficulties. Client-centered therapy centers the therapeutic relationship and respects each person's goals and values, creating a supportive space for exploring identity, grief, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Danielle works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals and then tailors techniques and strategies so the therapy aligns with what will be most helpful for that person.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to maintain continuity when life changes. Licensed professionals offering these modalities can support skill-building, emotional processing, and practical problem solving without requiring travel, allowing therapy to be more flexible and accessible for many people.