About Daniel
Daniel Laluna is a psychologist who emphasizes practical, evidence-based approaches. He draws on 13 years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and ADHD. Daniel works in Illinois and provides care in English.
He uses approaches that match each person's needs rather than a single method. That can mean short-term tools for managing anxiety, strategies to improve sleep, or conversations that clarify how early relationships affect current struggles.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and concrete steps people can try between meetings. Daniel earned a BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a PsyD with a concentration in child and adolescent mental health from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He holds the credential IL Psychologist 071009488, which indicates his licensure in Illinois.
His work pays close attention to attachment and relationships. He often links present-day problems back to those early bonds and then helps people develop different ways of relating. He also brings methods such as play-based activities and expressive arts into sessions when they fit the person's style.
Parents and adults who are juggling grief, medical or caregiving stress, chronic health issues, or developmental differences may find his approach practical and direct. Daniel aims to set clear, achievable steps so people can notice change over weeks and months.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Daniel uses evidence-based techniques that emphasize practical skills and understanding relationships. One common approach focuses on anxiety management with coping skills such as breathing, behavioral experiments, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations; these techniques help reduce avoidance and build confidence. Another strand centers on attachment and relationship patterns, where conversations map how early bonds affect current behavior and then practice different ways of relating in daily life. Finding the right approach is a collaborative task. Daniel works with each person to identify goals, tries methods that fit their preferences, and adjusts plans based on progress and feedback. That way the plan evolves with the person's needs rather than staying fixed. Online formats make this collaboration flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins or shorter conversations, and text-based messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules, medical routines, or caregiving demands while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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