About Danielle L. McDowell
Danielle L. McDowell, MS, LPC is a Black counselor listed in the Black Health provider directory.
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Paying yourself Sponsored
20% off your first month
Sessions by video, phone or chat with a licensed therapist. BetterHelp lists $70 to $100 a week, and you can cancel any time. Its therapists don't prescribe medication.
Insurance or Medicare Sponsored
Bills your plan: Medicare and most major insurers, including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna and UnitedHealthcare. You get a cost estimate before your first visit, and it offers medication management too.
Medicaid
Your plan decides who you can see. Call the member services number on your card and ask for therapists with video visits, or ask a community health center, which works with your state's Medicaid program, about counseling.
Find a community health centerIn crisis? Call or text 988, any time.
Specialties
Black patients and Therapy (LPC/LPCC)
Black LPCs/LPCCs: licensed professional counselors for anxiety, depression, life transitions, and trauma. Often the most affordable entry to quality therapy.
Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs, also LPCCs in some states) are master's-level mental-health clinicians. They provide individual and group therapy for depression, anxiety, grief, identity work, and many trauma modalities. For Black clients, LPCs often offer shorter wait times and broader insurance acceptance than psychologists or psychiatrists. A 2023 NAMI report found counselor wait times were 60 percent shorter on average.
Common reasons to see an LPC
- Depression and anxiety
- Life transitions: career change, moves, relationships
- Grief and loss
- Self-esteem, identity, and boundary work
- Workplace stress, imposter syndrome
- ADHD coaching and strategies
Advocacy prompts
- What modalities are you trained in: CBT, ACT, IFS?
- How do you integrate cultural context, race, and identity?
- How often do you check in on progress and revise the plan?
Frequently asked questions
What does a Therapy (LPC/LPCC) treat?
Black LPCs/LPCCs: licensed professional counselors for anxiety, depression, life transitions, and trauma. Often the most affordable entry to quality therapy.
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