Daffney Tchassem, LCSW
Texas · 16 years in practice
Daffney Tchassem is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns.
License and registration
- LCSW, Texas
- 55055 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1356038574 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- 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 Daffney
Daffney Tchassem is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She supports work on parenting strain, intimacy issues, addiction concerns, and career or life transitions. Her style is warm and respectful, and she aims to make the first steps into therapy feel safe and manageable.
Daffney shapes conversations to the person in front of her rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
She uses tools from Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how emotions affect relationships and attachment. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when those methods match a person’s goals. Clients can expect straightforward, practical sessions focused on small changes that add up.
Daffney pays attention to patterns like codependency, abandonment worries, or difficulties with intimacy. She also addresses stressors such as chronic illness, caregiver strain, career pressure, and compassion fatigue. With 16 years of practice and the LCSW credential, she brings experience with complex, overlapping issues like co-morbidity and trauma.
Her work includes support around adoption and foster care concerns, autism-related challenges, and aging or caregiver issues. Daffney offers sessions in English from Texas and does not accept international clients. She encourages people to take the next step and knows beginning therapy can feel hard; she tries to make scheduling and engagement as clear and manageable as possible.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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
How Daffney’s Approaches Work Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions that shape how they relate to others. Online sessions can use this work to uncover patterns in attachment and closeness and to try new ways of expressing needs.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and actions. It teaches simple exercises to accept difficult feelings while taking steps toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with change.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and adapt techniques over time so sessions feel useful and realistic. Collaboration guides which methods are emphasized in ongoing work.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication styles. Video lets people use visual cues during emotionally focused work. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, homework prompts, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to keep work consistent across busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Daffney help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, addictions, trauma, intimacy difficulties, parenting strain, and career changes.
What is her therapy style and approach?
Her style is compassionate and down-to-earth. She blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Client-Centered approaches, and CBT to match each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
Daffney holds the LCSW credential and practices in Texas.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible options for different needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with scheduling?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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