Deanna (Dani) Minsky , LCSW

Deanna (Dani) Minsky is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and life changes. She also supports concerns around relationships, family difficulties, parenting, eating struggles, anger, self-esteem, career stress, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Dani offers straightforward, respectful care for those facing these challenges, and she recognizes how overwhelming everyday life can feel.

She practices from a perspective that pays attention to both personal history and the surrounding environment. Dani uses approaches that look at attachment patterns, thoughts and behaviors, personal narratives, and trauma responses. She aims to build a trusting, nonjudgmental space where clients are treated as the experts of their own stories.

Before her current work she provided clinical social work in schools across Maine and Massachusetts. That work included supporting parents and caregivers, collaborating with teachers and outside providers, and addressing compassion fatigue and boundary-setting for professionals. Her background gives her experience with family systems and practical support for people juggling many roles.

Dani holds a Maine Licensed Clinical Social Worker license - LCSW - and has nine years of clinical experience. She often helps people sort what has been helpful in past care and what hasn’t, then tailors an approach from there. Her style is collaborative, calm, and focused on small, manageable steps.

People who choose to work with her can expect to talk through current problems and past patterns. Sessions emphasize understanding what’s going on now and developing clear strategies to feel steadier. Dani invites clients to shape the work so it fits their needs.

How these approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work helps people notice patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect current stress and connection. Online sessions can use discussion and exercises to rebuild safer ways of relating and to practice new responses in daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In online sessions clients learn concrete skills to reframe unhelpful thoughts, test changes in behavior, and reduce anxiety or low mood. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their lives and helps separate problems from the person so new, more helpful stories can be created.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Clients can try different techniques and give feedback so the plan evolves over time.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people hold a fuller conversation and use visual cues, while phone sessions reduce bandwidth needs and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins or an ongoing way to process thoughts between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, parenting, or caregiving schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.