Danae Koeper, LCSW

Danae Koeper is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience helping people manage major life challenges. She focuses on concrete steps a person can take to feel steadier and more capable. Danae emphasizes practical skills and clear goals so sessions feel useful from the start.

Danae often helps people facing grief, loss, and end-of-life concerns related to hospice work. She also supports those dealing with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, and the strain of caregiving or compassion fatigue. Her practice includes work around addiction, anger, and relationship or family stressors.

Sessions address everyday struggles like low self-esteem, trouble with motivation, and hard career decisions. Danae uses straightforward methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She keeps explanations simple and focuses on tools people can use between sessions.

People meet her to talk through parenting stress, infidelity, or major life changes. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and builds on their existing strengths. The goal is steady progress through doable steps rather than sweeping promises.

Treatment plans are tailored to practical needs and personal goals. Danae encourages small experiments and clear homework so change can be measured. She aims for a collaborative, respectful process that honors each person’s story and pace.

CBT-informed care available online

Danae uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns in their thinking and test small behavior changes. CBT focuses on practical steps that reduce worry, improve mood, and increase motivation, which can help with anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, and stress related to caregiving or grief.

She pairs those tools with goal-focused discussion tailored to the issue at hand, such as processing grief or addressing relationship strain after infidelity. Finding the right approach is a team effort - she works collaboratively to choose techniques that match each person's goals, needs, and comfort level so the plan feels manageable.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared worksheets, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break, live chat offers quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options give flexibility and help people keep therapy consistent despite a hectic schedule.