- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Danett
Danett Simmons is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Texas with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting challenges. She creates a calm setting where people can talk through problems and find practical steps forward. Her style is direct but warm, focusing on real-life solutions you can try between sessions.
She works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
Danett also addresses mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, along with body image and eating struggles. She offers coaching-style support when clients want tools for behavior change and daily routines. Danett draws from attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
She uses client-centered listening to follow what matters most to each person. Cognitive behavioral techniques help people test and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Parents may find her approach practical and grounded, with attention to family patterns and communication problems that affect daily life.
She helps parents sort through blended family issues, caregiver stress, and boundaries so they can feel more effective at home. Her work aims to build self-compassion, clearer communication, and steady coping skills. Danett keeps sessions goal-oriented while staying flexible to each person's needs and pace.
What Danett works with
Everything Danett lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Danett helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Danett lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape present patterns. Online sessions can use this approach to name connection patterns and work on safer, clearer ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and understanding the person's perspective. In online sessions this creates space for people to be heard and to clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new actions. It often includes homework and short exercises that fit well into video or text formats.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what helps. Together the client and therapist decide which mix of attachment work, listening, or CBT exercises feels most useful.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face work and guided exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, journaling prompts, or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a busy life.
Questions people ask about Danett
What concerns does Danett address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, addictions, grief, and related concerns such as body image and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends direct, practical guidance with warm, client-centered listening. She works to set clear goals and offers steps you can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Danett has 20 years of experience as a licensed clinician working with a broad range of emotional and family concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential, LMFT, and practices in Texas.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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