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Danielle Whiteside

Compassionate relationship-focused therapy

LMFT Kentucky

Experience
12 years in practice
Focus areas
Relationship, Trauma and abuse, Parenting
Approaches
Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Danielle

Danielle Whiteside is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing relationship pain, trauma, parenting strain, and life transitions. She writes short-term goals with clients and focuses on clearer communication and more stable connections.

Background and approach

Danielle keeps sessions straightforward so busy parents and professionals can fit therapy into their lives. She uses a relational, strengths-based way of working that centers what the client brings to the room.

Danielle helps people notice patterns that repeat in relationships and at work. She offers concrete tools to manage anxiety, grief, anger, and low self-esteem so small changes add up over time.

Danielle draws on the Gottman Method to look at how couples communicate and handle conflict, while also using cognitive behavioral ideas to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. For people carrying trauma, she integrates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, along with mindfulness practices to calm the body and mind.

With 12 years of clinical experience, Danielle blends practical strategies with supportive listening. She often sets simple homework between sessions so progress continues outside the appointment.

Danielle practices in Kentucky as an LMFT - licensed marriage and family therapist. Sessions are offered in English and designed to fit around clients' schedules.

She aims to make therapy useful and manageable for people at different life stages.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Danielle often uses the Gottman Method to help couples notice interaction patterns and improve communication. In online sessions that can mean relearning how to speak and listen during conflict and practicing new habits together on video or between visits.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, acceptance, and helping the client set the pace. That approach supports people who need a steady, nonjudgmental space to sort feelings and make decisions during stressful life shifts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Danielle discusses options with each person and chooses methods based on their goals, comfort level, and practical needs. She treats the choice as a collaboration and may blend approaches over time to address both relationship skills and trauma symptoms.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and role-play exercises, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging helps people touch base between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a lunch break, manage a short check-in after a difficult day, or maintain continuity when schedules change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?
She supports people dealing with relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, self-esteem, life changes, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and career issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is relational and strengths-based, focusing on communication, pattern awareness, and practical steps clients can try between sessions.
How many years has she practiced?
She brings 12 years of clinical experience working with adults and couples on relationship and trauma-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is an LMFT licensed in South Dakota and Georgia and practices in Kentucky.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsGriefAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

12+ years

Licensed in

Kentucky, Indiana, South Dakota, Georgia

Languages

English