- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Career difficulties
About Danica
Danica Bokal is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with eight years of experience in the mental health field. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship and family challenges, and parenting strains. She is attentive to LGBTQ+ identity issues and supports people navigating career changes and life transitions.
Danica takes a straightforward, person-focused approach. She asks about each person's situation and uses evidence-based tools that clients can practice between sessions.
Background and approach
Her style balances warmth and empathy with active, practical guidance. Sessions combine education about skills and hands-on work to try new ways of coping. She often draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to clarify values and take committed steps toward goals. Attachment-informed ideas help when relationship patterns and trust issues come up. Danica emphasizes simple, doable practices for daily life.
That can mean short exercises for stress, plans to improve sleep and eating patterns, or tailored coping steps for grief and trauma recovery. She also offers support for intimacy-related concerns and self-esteem work. Her online practice uses video, phone, chat, and messaging formats so people can fit sessions into busy schedules.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Danica aims to help motivated clients move toward a more meaningful and manageable life.
What Danica works with
Everything Danica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Danica helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Danica lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 guide online sessions
Danica uses practical, evidence-informed approaches that translate well to remote work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values even when difficult feelings remain. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and aims to develop safer, more satisfying ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Danica will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines to decide which methods fit best. She collaborates with each person and adjusts techniques over time based on what helps in real life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick coaching between sessions, or ongoing support while practicing new skills. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into work, family, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Danica
What concerns does this therapist address?
Danica supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship and family challenges, parenting, grief, trauma, and related issues listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and active. She mixes empathic listening with practical exercises and clear steps to try between sessions.
What experience does she bring?
She has eight years of experience working in the mental health field with a range of concerns and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, practicing from Florida.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy here?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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