Destiny Howell, LCSW
California · 10 years in practice
Destiny Howell is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 129679 · expires April 2027
- NPI
- 1033605001 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- 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 Destiny
Destiny Howell is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She brings ten years of experience to sessions and centers treatment on practical tools people can use between meetings. She often blends methods that help people notice difficult thoughts, act on chosen values, and build more effective communication.
That means clients leave with clear skills for handling panic, anger, or overwhelming stress.
Background and approach
Destiny aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful rather than confusing. Her work pays attention to attachment and how early relationships shape current patterns. She helps people understand why they may feel stuck in certain dynamics and then try different ways of relating.
This focus is often helpful for intimacy-related issues, abandonment concerns, and caregiving stress. Destiny also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior cycles. When helpful, she draws on dialectical skills for emotion regulation and acceptance strategies to support values-driven change.
Sessions emphasize practice, feedback, and small steps toward goals like better sleep, improved self-esteem, or reduced panic. She provides culturally attentive care and mentions experience supporting Black and Christian clients while treating a wide range of concerns. Destiny works with people who want both short-term coaching and longer therapeutic work to change patterns and improve daily functioning.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Destiny lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Destiny 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)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship 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
How chosen approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clearer about what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. It can be useful for life changes, motivation, and chronic worry. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and connection. It helps people understand why they may repeat certain dynamics and practices new ways of relating that improve closeness and trust.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past attempts at change, and what feels useful in the moment. Together they will tailor methods and try different techniques until a good fit emerges, adjusting the plan as needs shift.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let the therapist see nonverbal cues and run exercises that work best on camera. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a short check-in during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief updates, coaching between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to use ACT, attachment work, CBT, or DBT skills in everyday life and keep momentum between meetings.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, addictions, and a broad range of mood and behavior concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style mixes practical skill-building with reflective conversation. Sessions focus on skills you can practice between meetings and on connecting therapy to daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience working as a therapist in clinical settings and independent practice in California.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - and holds a California LCSW credential. She practices in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she sees people within the regions she is licensed to serve.
What session formats does she use?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin you complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
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