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Danett Simmons, LMFT

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Danett

Danett Simmons is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Texas who brings 20 years of clinical experience to work with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and a broad range of mood and behavioral issues.

Background and approach

She creates a compassionate, inclusive environment where clients can explore past wounds, build emotional regulation skills, and develop practical strategies for coping with life transitions and addictive patterns. Her style blends evidence-informed methods with a collaborative, client-centered stance that honors each person’s unique strengths and pace.

Danett integrates approaches such as Internal Family Systems, attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused work to help clients understand internal parts, improve communication, and shift unhelpful patterns. With a focus that also includes grief, intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, ADHD, bipolar and depression, she supports both symptom management and deeper personal growth.

Clients can expect tailored interventions that emphasize resilience, self-compassion, and clearer boundaries. Danett’s practice also attends to specialized areas like burnout and compassion fatigue, blended family dynamics, chronic illness and caregiver stress, codependency, and complex attachment wounds, offering practical tools alongside emotional processing.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Danett blends Internal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy with client-centered techniques to guide online work. Internal Family Systems focuses on recognizing and working with the many internal parts that influence thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; it is often helpful for trauma recovery, self-criticism, and shifting repetitive patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relational experiences shape current bonds and emotional responses, supporting improvements in communication, intimacy-related concerns, and caregiving stress.

Deciding which approach fits best is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to a client’s goals, preferences, and life context and then recommend and adapt interventions from these frameworks so therapy suits the person rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy with Danett uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it possible to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, manage scheduling around work or caregiving responsibilities, and choose the interaction style that feels most comfortable while working through emotional, relational, and behavioral challenges.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Danett work with most often?
She commonly supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, addictions, grief, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, and intimacy-related issues.
What is Danett’s therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, emphasizing empathy, respect, and practical skill-building while attending to deeper emotional and relational patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Danett has 20 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns, including chronic illness, caregiver stress, codependency, attachment issues, and blended family problems.
Where is Danett licensed to practice?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Texas and holds the credential TX LMFT 204395.
Can nonlocal or international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Which session formats are available with Danett?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and needs.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule appointments according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseParenting issuesCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English