About Danyel
Danyel Robinson is a licensed clinical social worker in New York who has spent a decade helping people through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-esteem struggles. She draws on practical methods drawn from body-based work and talk therapy to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life. Danyel aims to create a calm, respectful atmosphere where a person’s background and identity are acknowledged.
Her background includes ten years of clinical practice and experience supporting veterans, people facing isolation, and those dealing with trauma related to adoption, abandonment, or family of origin issues.
Background and approach
She brings attention to how the body holds tension and uses that information alongside conversation. This helps when anxiety shows up as physical symptoms or when past events keep replaying in the body. Danyel uses Client-Centered techniques to follow what each person brings to sessions.
She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used to teach practical ways to manage intense feelings and upsetting thoughts. Sessions may also include somatic-informed exercises that focus on breath, grounding, and body awareness.
Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. People leave with tools for coping during panic, mood shifts, or stressful life changes. Danyel holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW.
She works in New York and conducts sessions in English.
How somatic and skill-based approaches work online
Somatic-informed work pays attention to how stress and trauma show up in the body. Online sessions can include simple grounding, breath work, and movement prompts that help people notice tension and calm down. These techniques are useful for anxiety, panic, and body-based reactions to stress.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current feelings and reactions. In video or phone sessions this approach involves talking through those patterns, identifying triggers, and trying new ways of relating to oneself and others. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the person’s lead, creating space to talk about what matters most without judgment.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That may mean leaning into body-focused practices one week and skill-building the next.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. They allow for flexible scheduling and repeated check-ins between sessions. These options help people practice skills in real time and reach a therapist from wherever they are located in New York.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York, California, Florida
- Languages
- English