Daffney Tchassem, LCSW
Licensed in Texas · 16 years in practice
Daffney Tchassem helps people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, depression, and addiction.
License and registration
- LCSW, Texas
- 55055 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1356038574 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
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About Daffney
Daffney Tchassem helps people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, depression, and addiction. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, parenting strains, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Daffney works with concerns like ADHD, self-esteem, anger, and life transitions.
She brings a calm, respectful approach to each conversation. Daffney is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in Texas with 16 years of professional experience. She listens first and adapts her questions to fit each person’s situation.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and focused on what matters to the client that week. Her style centers on building a trusting relationship and helping people develop tools that work in daily life. She mixes goal-focused techniques with attention to emotions and attachment patterns.
Clients often work on small, doable steps between sessions to build momentum. Daffney uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered care. She explains strategies plainly and checks in often to see what helps.
Progress is measured by how life feels different, not by technical terms. Treatment plans are personalized. Daffney collaborates on goals, pacing, and homework so each plan fits real schedules and needs.
She encourages people to try a few approaches and adjust as they go.
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
- 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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions that move life in a desired direction, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build healthier ways of relating and feeling safe with others.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and style. Together you will decide which strategies to try, review how they feel, and adjust the plan as needed in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when schedules align. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use short, focused exchanges during a break. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while fitting therapy into everyday routines.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Daffney commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, ADHD, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is respectful and down-to-earth. She listens, offers practical tools, and adapts sessions to each person’s needs.
What experience does she bring?
Daffney has 16 years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and the subscription plan used; the service uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the best way to begin working together?
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