Daniel Bierma
Practical, steady support for family and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Daniel
Daniel Bierma is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) who helps people facing family stress, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, grief, and issues with relationships or addiction. He speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what brought someone to therapy. He welcomes questions and offers a steady presence for parents and individuals working through change.
He brings long experience from roles in schools, hospice care, foster care, and community organizations. That background shows up in practical problem solving during sessions.
Background and approach
Daniel pays attention to family dynamics, child behavior, attachment concerns, and strains that come from caregiving or workplace leadership. His style is centered on listening first, then working with people to set clear goals. Sessions focus on identifying small, doable steps clients can try between meetings.
He uses techniques drawn from attachment work, client-centered practice, cognitive behavioral ideas, and emotionally focused approaches to help people manage emotions and improve communication. Daniel values collaboration and helps clients weigh options rather than pushing a single path. He often supports parents, grandparents, and other caregivers who want better routines, clearer boundaries, or tools for conflict resolution.
His approach aims to make change feel manageable instead of overwhelming. People who choose Daniel will find a therapist who emphasizes respect, steady attention, and practical guidance. He invites those ready to make changes to start with a simple conversation about goals and next steps.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and how early bonds affect current family dynamics. It helps people understand patterns of closeness and distance and supports building more stable connections. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and the client's own goals; the therapist listens without judgment and follows the client’s pace to explore what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and offers concrete techniques to change them, useful for anxiety, sleep issues, and anger.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Daniel will work with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. He checks in about what is working and adjusts the plan over time so therapy feels relevant and manageable.
Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a weekday break or a busy evening, and it can cut travel time. It also supports brief check-ins when a shorter update is needed or lets people use video when face-to-face interaction helps, and phone when less bandwidth or a quicker call is better. Discuss session length and scheduling when you start so the plan matches your routine and goals.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Daniel
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point