Danelle Locklear , LCSW

Danelle Locklear is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina with 5 years of clinical experience. As an LCSW she holds advanced social work training and provides mental health support for a wide range of concerns, helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship difficulties, trauma, depression, and parenting challenges.

Danelle draws on several therapeutic approaches to tailor care to each person she sees, including client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies. This flexible use of methods allows her to meet clients where they are and focus on practical skills, coping strategies, and personal strengths.

Her work addresses issues across the lifespan and a broad set of concerns such as grief, intimacy-related struggles, eating and sleeping problems, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also offers support for attachment difficulties, chronic illness and pain, communication and control problems, substance use, family conflict, and life transitions.

Danelle provides services in English and is currently not accepting new clients. Her approach emphasizes collaboration, respect for each individual s goals, and building the tools needed to move forward.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space in which the client s own goals and strengths guide the work. It helps people explore values, build self-awareness, and make changes that feel authentic to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to distress and learning practical skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and problematic coping. Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple practices that increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can be useful for stress, emotion regulation, and managing cravings.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Danelle works with each person to understand their needs, goals, and preferences, and together they choose or combine methods that best support progress. This ongoing collaboration helps tailor sessions to what is most effective for the individual.

Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options provide scheduling flexibility and allow continuity of care from different locations, so clients can fit therapy into busy lives and maintain momentum between sessions.