Danielle Dufon

MA, LLC

Danielle received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Alma College in April 2017. During that time she also obtained a minor in Early Childhood Educational Studies. She graduated in April 2023 from Oakland University with a Masters’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She has been a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA) for the past year.

Danielle’s background includes three years of applied behavioral therapy with children with autism and one year of teaching children between the ages of four and five. Throughout her program at Oakland, she has taken classes in Addictions, Research, and Couples and Family Counseling.

During her time at Oakland, she completed a practicum at Oakland University SEHS Counseling Center. There she worked with diverse populations with an extensive variety of mental health issues. Danielle did her internship with All Things Possible Wellness Center in the Winter of 2022 where she continued to grow and gain experience in working with children and adults with mood disorders and life adjustments.

Her theoretical foundation is very person-centered. She believes that everyone has the answers inside themselves, they just need a little help finding the answers and executing them. She aims to create a warm and inviting place; to establish an environment that encourages healing and exploration. She believes that each client is unique and she strives to use techniques that are appropriate to each individual. She enjoys collaborating with her clients to come up with plan sand goals that are appropriate for their treatment. Other counseling approaches Danielle uses are multi-cultural, humanistic, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).