- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Career difficulties
- Focus
- Bipolar disorder
About Danica
Danica Rivello is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 25 years of practice. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, and major life changes. Her style is warm and interactive, aimed at making conversations easier for people under strain.
Danica helps people manage mood disorders, trauma histories, and addiction problems with clear tools and steady support. She also addresses relationship tension, grief, self-esteem struggles, and issues around intimacy and body image.
Background and approach
Her work includes attention to career stress, sleep and eating concerns, and the special pressures caregivers face. Her approach mixes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing. She uses these methods to build practical skills, reduce upsetting thoughts, and create workable routines.
Sessions are shaped to fit each person’s daily life and goals. Danica brings a nonjudgmental presence to the room. She treats people with respect and aims to remove stigma from difficult topics.
Many clients find her easy to talk with and appreciate straightforward steps they can try between sessions. Based in New Jersey, Danica offers sessions through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. She works with English speakers and does not take international clients.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability. Her practice supports pragmatic change rather than labels, helping people move forward with manageable strategies and steady encouragement.
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
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- 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
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Danica lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapy Approaches and How They Work Online
Danica commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful routines and reduce distress.She may also draw on Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when emotion regulation or strong mood swings are a concern. DBT emphasizes skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Choosing which approaches to use is collaborative and depends on a person’s goals, current struggles, and preferences.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues during discussion, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suits shorter check-ins or times when typing feels easier. These options allow flexibility for parents balancing schedules, people who travel for work, or anyone who needs different ways to connect with a therapist.
Questions people ask about Danica
What concerns does Danica address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, trauma, addictions, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep and eating concerns, self-esteem, ADHD, and related topics.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and pragmatic. She focuses on clear skills and steps people can use between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
Danica is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience helping people through mood disorders, trauma histories, life changes, and caregiving stress.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds the LCSW credential in New Jersey and practices from that state.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to what works best for their schedule.
How does billing 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 working with Danica?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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