About Daniel
Daniel Laluna is a licensed clinical psychologist (IL Psychologist 071009488) with 13 years of practice who blends evidence-based techniques with attention to attachment and relationship dynamics.
Background and approach
He tailors interventions to each persons needs, drawing on play, expressive arts, and insight-oriented methods where helpful to address stress, anxiety, grief, sleep problems, self-esteem concerns, and ADHD.
His training includes a BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a PsyD from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology with a concentration in child and adolescent mental health. Across a range of presenting issues Daniel works to create treatment plans that reflect the clients goals and circumstances, integrating creative approaches alongside more traditional therapeutic work.
His additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, avoidant personality patterns, blended family concerns, body image, cancer-related adjustment, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, commitment and communication difficulties, and co-morbidity. He practices in Illinois and conducts sessions in English, adapting format and techniques to fit what each client needs.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Remote Care
Daniel integrates evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside creative modalities to address a range of concerns. For example, insight-oriented therapy helps clients explore patterns in relationships and how early attachment experiences influence current feelings and behavior; this approach can be useful for addressing low self-esteem, abandonment concerns, and communication problems. He also incorporates expressive arts and play-based methods to access emotions and build coping skills through creative expression, which can be especially helpful when grief, stress, or adjustment to chronic illness make verbal processing difficult.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and practical needs, and then tailors techniques accordingly so that treatment feels like a shared effort rather than a fixed prescription.
Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for fitting sessions into busy schedules and for accessing care from different locations within Illinois. These formats allow licensed professionals to adapt interventions for remote work, making it easier to maintain continuity of care while using methods that suit the individuals needs and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English