Daniel Klinkert
Practical, client-centered therapy with lived experience
LCSW, LICSW Oregon
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Daniel
Daniel Klinkert blends practical, evidence-informed methods with a client-centered stance developed over two decades of clinical work. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) along with mindfulness and dialectical skills to help people examine patterns, reduce distress, and build coping strategies.
Background and approach
Daniel's own lived experience as a trauma survivor and a person in recovery informs an empathic outlook and a focus on real-world change. Across 20 years he has provided more than 10,000 hours of individual and group psychotherapy, worked as a fully licensed therapist, led a professional training company, and contributed to research on psychosocial rehabilitation.
His practice concentrates on a broad range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions and process addictions, relationship and intimacy challenges, grief, and stress-related issues. Daniel emphasizes partnership in therapy, helping clients identify strengths and apply them to life transitions, caregiving stress, chronic illness, communication difficulties, and other complex problems.
He holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices from Oregon, offering services in English. Daniel approaches each case as unique and adapts techniques to match a person’s goals and circumstances while maintaining an orientation toward practical, skills-based work.
Evidence-informed approaches for remote care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and problematic coping habits. It tends to be structured and skill-oriented, helping clients develop practical tools for everyday challenges.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and a nonjudgmental stance, giving clients space to explore values and make choices at their own pace. This approach supports people processing trauma, grief, identity questions, or relational concerns by centering the client's experience.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist discusses goals, preferences, and life context and adapts methods over time so strategies fit the client's needs. Flexibility and mutual decision-making guide which techniques are used and how they are combined.
Online therapy offers practical benefits such as scheduling flexibility and easier access to care via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats allow continuity of care across locations and make it simpler to integrate therapeutic work into a busy life while still using structured, skills-based methods and supportive, client-centered conversations.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Oregon, Washington
Languages
English