Danielle Johnston, LPC

Danielle Johnston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Danielle also addresses addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, and challenges such as eating and sleeping problems.

With 24 years of experience, Danielle offers a direct, coaching-oriented style. She uses clear, practical steps in sessions and helps clients build skills they can use between meetings. Her manner is warm and encouraging, aimed at helping people feel heard and see small, steady progress.

Danielle draws on several approaches to shape treatment, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. She tailors conversations and goals to each person, focusing on skills like emotional regulation, communication, and coping strategies that fit daily life.

Sessions emphasize identifying patterns, calming physiological reactions, and practicing new responses. Danielle gives short, achievable tasks to try between sessions so clients can notice change over time. She helps people address specific topics such as commitment issues, body image, codependency, dissociation, and blended family stress.

Her aim is to support motivated change and help clients reclaim day-to-day functioning. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their values and take small steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where moving forward matters more than removing every uncomfortable thought. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. It is often used for depression, anxiety, sleep and eating concerns, and problems with anger or motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people develop different ways of relating and connecting, which can be helpful for intimacy struggles and communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Danielle will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She explains options, tries approaches, and adjusts plans together so treatment feels practical and goal-driven.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing meetings during a lunch break or between errands. They also allow for shorter check-ins when a quick tune-up is helpful, or for full-length sessions when deeper work is needed. The focus is on fitting therapy to daily routines so skills can be practiced where they matter most.