Danielle Deramo, LMHC

Danielle Deramo is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She also supports people coping with eating issues, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and big life transitions. Danielle works from a respectful, compassionate stance and aims to make the first steps easier for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.

Danielle uses a warm, gentle style in sessions. She listens closely and builds plans around each person's goals. Her work draws on cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to teach practical skills and new ways of responding to difficult feelings.

Sessions focus on clear, achievable steps. Danielle helps people notice unhelpful patterns and practice different choices in everyday life. She also addresses attachment concerns and relationship patterns that affect intimacy and communication.

With eleven years of experience as a licensed mental health counselor, Danielle has supported people through trauma, eating difficulties, caregiving stress, chronic health concerns, and grief. Her background includes helping people who face complex, overlapping issues and tailoring care to the individual's needs.

Danielle practices in New York and conducts work in English. She asks newcomers to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin and to schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Danielle often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and values, then take actions that match what matters most. It can help with anxiety, avoidance, and life changes. CBT teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and problems with eating or substance use.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Danielle will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the individual's needs. She adapts her techniques as progress and challenges emerge so sessions stay relevant and practical.

If you want online care, confirm the session options before booking. The benefit of remote sessions is that they can fit into everyday life more easily - they can require less travel time, make scheduling around work and caregiving simpler, and allow quick check-ins when shorter support is helpful. Therapists, including licensed professionals, can use these visits to teach skills, review homework, and troubleshoot relationship or stress patterns without asking you to rearrange your whole day.