Deanna (Dani) Minsky

The past few years have been especially demanding for many people, and Deanna (Dani) Minsky recognizes how collective grief, resurfacing traumas, and the ongoing demands of family, work, and relationships can exhaust a person’s capacity to cope. With nine years of clinical experience, she supports people working through stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression, and a range of life adjustments.

Deanna is licensed to practice in Maine as a clinical social worker. Prior to joining BetterHelp, she spent time working in several schools across Maine and Massachusetts, providing clinical social work supports that often centered on family systems. That school-based work included partnering with parents, caregivers, and guardians, consulting with teachers and outside providers, and addressing issues such as compassion fatigue, boundaries, and adapting approaches to meet specific needs. She also served as a receptive, trusted listener when people needed to process difficult experiences.

She has specialized training in Trauma Systems Therapy, an approach that attends both to an individual’s emotional needs and to the social environment in which they live. This broader, holistic perspective helps identify strengths to build on as well as protective factors that support recovery. Deanna seeks to create a therapeutic space that truly belongs to each person she works with, treating clients as the experts of their own stories.

Whether someone is new to therapy or returning after time away, Deanna aims to establish a trusting, nonjudgmental environment where understanding and safety are central. She acknowledges that beginning therapy can feel uncomfortable and offers steady support while exploring methods that best meet each person’s needs. She practices in Maine and works with concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and family conflicts, eating disorders, parenting issues, anger management, self-esteem, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.