Daniel Silverstein
Calm, practical support for everyday struggles
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Daniel
Daniel Silverstein is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, and depression. He meets each person with a calm, relaxed presence and aims to make sessions feel approachable and direct. Daniel keeps language simple and focuses on practical steps a person can try between meetings.
He creates a space where people can speak honestly about their thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Background and approach
He describes himself as non-judgmental and treats clients with equal regard. Sessions emphasize straightforward conversation and collaborative problem solving. Daniel uses several evidence-informed approaches to guide his work.
He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and move toward what matters to them. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to target unhelpful thinking patterns and build new coping skills. Motivational Interviewing and client-centered techniques help him support change at a pace that feels realistic.
These methods are practical and goal-oriented, aimed at small, manageable shifts in daily life. He combines approaches to suit each person’s needs rather than following a single script. He brings nine years of clinical experience and holds a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, NY LMHC 017280.
Daniel practices from New York and conducts sessions in English. He values steady, respectful work and focuses on helping people find clearer footing amid life’s stresses.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then move toward actions that match their values. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, stress, or motivational struggles when someone wants clearer direction for daily choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms. It is practical and skill-based, useful for worry, low mood, and problems with self-esteem.
Daniel treats finding the right approach as a team effort. He will talk with clients about goals and preferences and try methods that fit their situation. Adjustments are made together as progress is reviewed, so the plan can change if something isn’t working.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face-to-face from home, while phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching-style contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, and parenting responsibilities while keeping continuity between sessions.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- 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
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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