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Dr. Danika Contreras, LCPC

  • Experience8 years
  • LocationIllinois
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Danika

Dr. Danika Contreras is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois who draws on eight years of experience supporting people through a range of life challenges.

Background and approach

She centers her work on collaborative care, believing clients know their own stories best while offering guidance and practical strategies to navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and other concerns such as grief, addictions, and self-esteem difficulties. Her background includes working across multiple therapy settings, which has shaped a flexible, person-focused approach.

Danika emphasizes respect for each person’s strengths and readiness for change, offering support for relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and caregiver stress, eating and sleep problems, bipolar and mood-related concerns, and transitions like pregnancy and childbirth. She also addresses communication problems, life purpose, social anxiety and phobia, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.

Her practice aims to help clients build skills, clarify goals, and find practical ways forward while honoring individual values and experiences.

Integrating Evidence-Based Techniques with Online Flexibility

Danika uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person’s situation. One common approach she draws on focuses on practical skills training to manage symptoms of anxiety, stress, and ADHD; this involves building routines, organizing strategies, and coping tools that can reduce daily overwhelm. Another frequently used method emphasizes trauma-informed care and stabilization, helping individuals process difficult experiences while developing emotional regulation and safety skills.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Danika works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and responses to different strategies, adjusting methods as progress unfolds so the treatment plan fits the person rather than the other way around.

Online therapy formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer practical benefits like scheduling flexibility, easier access when travel is difficult, and the ability to maintain continuity of care during life transitions. These options let clients engage in regular work on stress, relationships, grief, mood, and ADHD-related concerns from locations that suit their daily routines, while coordinating sessions around availability and needs.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Danika work with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and related issues including grief, addictions, self-esteem, and relationship or intimacy-related problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and person-centered, emphasizing clients as experts in their own stories while offering practical, evidence-informed strategies to meet individual goals.
How much experience does she have?
Danika has eight years of professional experience working in a variety of therapy settings, which informs a flexible and well-rounded clinical practice.
Where is Danika licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with license number IL LCPC 180013159 and provides services from that state.
Does she offer services in other languages?
She provides therapy in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available with her?
Clients can connect via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what best fits their needs and schedule.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability, and sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Caregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsEating and food-related issuesLife purposePregnancy and childbirthSocial anxiety and phobia

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

Illinois

Languages

English

About

Dr. Danika Contreras is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor practicing in Illinois, with 8 years of experience, not currently accepting new clients.