Daffney Tchassem, LCSW
Texas · 16 years in practice
Daffney Tchassem is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, and trauma.
License and registration
- LCSW, Texas
- 55055 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1356038574 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Daffney
Daffney Tchassem is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, and trauma. She also supports clients facing addiction, intimacy and parenting challenges, career stress, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Daffney uses a respectful and compassionate approach so people feel heard as they begin the work of change.
She keeps sessions focused and practical. Conversations and exercises are adapted to what each person needs most.
Background and approach
Daffney draws from several evidence-based methods to help people learn new coping skills and shift unhelpful patterns. Her background includes 16 years of professional experience in behavioral health. That experience shapes how she balances skill teaching with emotional support.
Daffney frames treatment around real-life goals like reducing worry, navigating grief, or improving communication. Therapy sessions may involve identifying thoughts and behaviors to change, building emotion regulation skills, and strengthening relationships with attachment-focused work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive-behavioral techniques often guide the practical exercises she uses.
She writes treatment plans collaboratively so people know what to expect and can measure progress. The tone in sessions is warm and direct, with an emphasis on workable strategies. Daffney encourages taking small steps that add up to steady improvement.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Daffney lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 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
- 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
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. It’s often used when someone wants to move past worry or start building meaningful routines.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It works well for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching concrete skills people can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences and will adjust the plan over time as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit brief check-ins and day-to-day coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and support steady progress from different settings.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, trauma, addictions, ADHD, self-esteem, and career or life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is respectful and compassionate with a practical focus. Sessions mix listening with exercises and goal-oriented planning.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 16 years of professional work experience in behavioral health settings and uses that background to guide treatment choices.
What credentials does she hold and where is she located?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and practices in Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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