Licensed clinical social worker recordCalifornia
Credentials check
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in California
- LCSW, licence 142158
- Licensed in New Jersey
- LCSW, licence 44SC06011900
- NPI
- 1528785086
- Experience
- 21 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
These details come from information Dainee supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.
AAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship concerns
- Women's issues
About Dainee
Dainee Arias is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California with 21 years of practice. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, self-esteem struggles, and life changes. She also focuses on forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, money and financial problems, panic attacks, sexuality, women's issues, and workplace stress.
She uses straightforward, practical conversations to help clients sort immediate problems. Sessions often look at day-to-day patterns, reactions to stress, and small changes that reduce overwhelm. She helps people develop coping skills they can use between sessions and tackle practical barriers that interfere with progress.
Dainee pays attention to how identity and culture shape problems and solutions. That means she listens for values, role expectations, and real-world limits when planning steps forward. She aims to connect strategies to the client’s life, such as work routines, parenting demands, or financial pressures.
In sessions she offers concrete tools for anxiety and panic, ways to rebuild self-esteem, and methods to manage conflict or shifting roles. She also supports people working through guilt, forgiveness, and feelings of isolation. Conversations can include practical problem solving about money and work alongside emotional processing.
Her style is direct and grounded. She helps clients set clear goals and measures progress in everyday terms. To begin, clients choose an online therapy option, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
BHow sessions work
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Dainee lists evidence-based therapeutic techniques and aims to use methods that address symptoms and daily functioning. Common approaches in this category include cognitive-behavioral techniques, which focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression, and skills-based strategies for panic that teach breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to reduce attack intensity.Another useful approach involves practical problem solving and behavioral planning. This helps break down financial, workplace, or relationship problems into manageable steps, so clients can test small changes and track results. These methods are often paired with emotion-focused conversation to process guilt, shame, or the emotional side of life transitions.
Choosing the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will review symptoms, goals, and daily routines with the client and decide together which techniques to try first. That collaborative process helps align methods with what is realistic for the client's life and obligations.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Please check the current session options when you schedule. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into work, family, or medical appointments, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Phone sessions can be useful when lower bandwidth or less screen time is needed, and video sessions allow for visual cues during discussion.
CAreas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
21+ years
Listed in
California, New Jersey
Languages
English
DQuestions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, self-esteem struggles, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, money and workplace issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, straightforward conversations that aim for concrete coping strategies and problem solving. Sessions focus on day-to-day patterns and steps clients can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of clinical experience working with a range of life stressors and emotional concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Licenses listed are CA LCSW and NJ LCSW, and her profile location is California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988. More crisis numbers