Danny El Hassan
Compassionate, insight-driven mental health care
LMHC New York
- Experience
- 3 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Danny
Danny El Hassan is an LMHC based in New York who helps people navigate a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and intimacy challenges, grief, addiction, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and issues related to LGBT identity.
Background and approach
He brings a strengths-oriented perspective and attends to both conscious and unconscious factors that influence behavior, helping clients build insight and practical coping strategies. His work blends cognitive-behavioral tools with client-centered and existential ideas, integrating mindfulness and motivational interviewing where useful to support short-term goals or longer-term exploration.
He has clinical familiarity with mood disturbances, self-harming behavior, and complex presentations that include co-morbidity, and he has experience working with older adults. Prior roles have included phone counseling and telehealth work, and his research and publication history includes contributions on LGBT elder experiences and study of micro-aggressions affecting people with disabilities.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
CBT, or cognitive-behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and developing concrete skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties. It tends to emphasize practical exercises and measurable progress that can be practiced between sessions.Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and the client’s own goals; the therapist creates space for individuals to explore feelings and make choices at their own pace, which can be helpful for issues such as self-esteem, identity, and relationship concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and this therapist collaborates with clients to tailor methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Some people benefit from a more skills-based focus while others pursue deeper self-exploration, and approaches may be combined or adjusted over time to best support progress.
Online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling and allow therapies to fit into busy lives. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access sessions from different locations, and use modes of communication that feel most comfortable for the client.
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Experience
3+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English