Daniel Nishina

Daniel Nishina is an Oregon licensed professional counselor (LPC) with five years of clinical experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and anger. He also helps with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, addiction issues, career pressures, self-esteem struggles, and compassion fatigue.

Daniel uses a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques drawn from humanistic, action-centered, cognitive behavioral, narrative, and somatic approaches. He pays attention to how a person’s family, culture, and social context shape their experience. He emphasizes both thinking patterns and bodily awareness when working through problems.

Clients can expect work that combines talking, action steps, and noticing physical responses. Daniel aims to create a straightforward, honest relationship where people can begin to let go of what they hold inside. That often means naming reactions, testing new behaviors, and practicing different ways of responding.

His recent focus has placed more emphasis on the effects of trauma and how it shows up in daily life and the body. Daniel also draws on life experience from living in Japan and long-term practice of aikido, which influence his understanding of movement, balance, and disciplined practice.

He frames therapy as a collaborative process. The goal is to help people discover or return to a steadier, healthier way of living by combining insight, practical steps, and attention to physical experience.

Practical approaches for online care

Daniel draws on cognitive behavioral and somatic-informed approaches alongside humanistic and narrative ideas. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on identifying and testing thought patterns and trying small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, and depression. Somatic-informed work pays attention to the body - noticing sensations, breath, posture, and movement to understand how stress and trauma show up physically.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Daniel will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The client and therapist decide together which techniques to emphasize as work progresses.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during breaks at work or between appointments. It also makes it possible to continue work with a licensed professional from different locations, including international clients, while focusing on clear goals, practical exercises, and ways to manage emotions between sessions.