Danielle Johnston, LPC - Therapist in South Carolina

Emotionally-Focused Therapy
CBT and ACT
Attachment work

About Danielle

Danielle Johnston is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in South Carolina with 24 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem and identity. Her work also addresses addictions, ADHD, eating and sleeping issues, anger, career concerns, and coping with life changes.

Danielle draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches to help people name and sit with difficult feelings. She uses clear, practical methods to help people recognize patterns that keep them stuck and try small changes between sessions. Conversations are interactive and focused on skills that can be practiced in everyday situations.

Her background includes long clinical experience working with mood disorders, attachment issues, and co-occurring concerns like substance use and body image worries. She blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with attachment-informed perspectives to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.

Sessions emphasize learning tools for emotional regulation, communication, and coping. Danielle often mixes exercises, behavioral experiments, and short assignments so people can test new ways of responding outside the session. Progress is tracked through concrete steps rather than abstract goals.

Clients can expect a straightforward, task-focused style aimed at building skills and clearer patterns of relating. Danielle encourages clients to set realistic goals and practices that gradually change how they handle stress and difficult emotions.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions

Danielle uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and work with intense emotions and attachment-related patterns in relationships. EFT focuses on recognizing feeling states and reshaping interactional moves that keep people stuck.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult thoughts and commit to values-based actions. ACT is useful for stress, anxiety, and life changes where the goal is to take effective steps even when emotions are uncomfortable.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Danielle will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to emphasize. The plan can change as progress is made and new needs arise.

Confirm the currently offered session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or avoid travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals often adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions so people can practice skills between meetings.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteem Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief Intimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Abandonment Attachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCo-morbidityCodependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issues Forgiveness Guilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Midlife crisis Mood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacks Postpartum depression Post-traumatic stress Pregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-love Social anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomania

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential Therapy Gottman Method Mindfulness Therapy Motivational Interviewing Narrative Therapy Psychodynamic Therapy Solution-Focused Therapy Somatic Therapy Trauma-Focused Therapy Internal Family Systems

Experience

24+ years

Listed in

South Carolina

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, addictions, ADHD and related concerns listed in her specialties.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is interactive and skills-focused, using practical exercises and small tasks to help people change patterns between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has 24 years of clinical experience working with mood disorders, attachment issues, and co-occurring concerns.

What are her credentials and location?

She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in South Carolina.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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