Daniel Nishina, LPC

Daniel Nishina is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oregon with five years of professional experience. He works with people facing stress and anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, addiction struggles, grief, anger, self-esteem concerns, career questions, depression, and compassion fatigue. Daniel blends a range of evidence-based methods to tailor care to each individual, drawing on cognitive behavioral techniques, narrative and somatic work, action-centered strategies, and a humanistic, relation-centered stance.

Daniel’s approach attends to both thought and body - exploring top-down patterns of thinking and story alongside bottom-up sensations and physical responses. He emphasizes how family, sociocultural, and socioeconomic contexts shape experience, and increasingly focuses on the ways trauma affects daily life. He aims to build a therapeutic relationship grounded in trust, inquiry, and honest collaboration so change begun in sessions can extend into everyday life.

Having lived in Japan for 14 years of his adult life and pursued over 30 years of aikido practice, Daniel brings a cross-cultural perspective and embodied awareness to his work. His practice centers on the belief that most people have a natural capacity to heal, and therapy can help loosen the patterns that keep them stuck so they can move toward a healthier balance.

Evidence-Based Techniques for Online Therapeutic Work

Daniel often uses cognitive behavioral methods to identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. Cognitive behavioral work is practical and structured, commonly used for issues like anxiety, depression, and stress-related patterns.

He also integrates somatic approaches that bring attention to body sensations and movement as part of healing from trauma and chronic stress. Somatic work helps clients notice how emotions and experiences show up physically and supports gradual regulation and embodiment.

Daniel pairs these tools with a humanistic, relation-centered stance that prioritizes a collaborative therapeutic relationship. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the clinical process - he works together with each person to determine what fits their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts methods as therapy progresses.

Online therapy with Daniel is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from a licensed professional without requiring travel, and they allow therapy to be integrated into everyday life in ways that suit each client.