- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Daffney
Daffney Tchassem is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She brings 16 years of professional experience and aims to make the first steps toward help feel manageable. Daffney speaks plainly and listens closely.
Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings. She adapts conversation and plans to fit each person's situation rather than using a fixed script.
Background and approach
Her work draws on several well-known approaches. Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify thinking patterns that get in the way. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy offers tools for tolerating hard feelings while moving toward what matters.
Attachment-based ideas shape how she looks at relationship struggles and family dynamics. Clients can expect a calm, respectful tone and a focus on small, doable changes. Daffney also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.
The goal is to build skills you can use in daily life, not just talk about problems. She offers sessions from Texas by video, phone, live chat, or messaging. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To get started, follow the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
What Daffney works with
Everything Daffney lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Daffney helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Daffney lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapies that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, grief, and big life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and can be helpful for relationship strain and family tensions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, concerns, and preferences. That plan can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls approximate in-person conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging allow brief check-ins or written reflections between meetings. These options offer flexibility for work breaks, caretaking schedules, or quieter times and let people keep continuity of care from Texas without travel.
Questions people ask about Daffney
What concerns does she help with?
Daffney works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting, addictions, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and self-esteem challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a straightforward, respectful approach that focuses on practical skills and clear steps. Conversations and plans are tailored to each person's needs.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with people on emotional and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; care is delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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