Destiny Howell, LCSW
California · 10 years in practice
Destiny Howell is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people through emotional struggles.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 129679 · expires April 2027
- NPI
- 1033605001 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- 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 Destiny
Destiny Howell is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people through emotional struggles. She works with individuals facing depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma recovery, and challenges with self-esteem. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help clients notice and name their feelings and the patterns those feelings create in relationships.
Her practice also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people make values-based choices and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Background and approach
Destiny pays attention to culture and background and offers a space that centers Black, Christian, and other diverse perspectives. She aims to make sessions feel humane and straightforward, with an emphasis on clear goals and practical steps between meetings. Common issues she addresses include stress, grief, addictions, LGBT concerns, intimacy-related problems, sleep and eating struggles, parenting stress, caregiver burnout, and work-related strain.
She also helps with attachment and abandonment concerns, obsessive or impulsive behaviors, panic, and mood shifts. With ten years of experience and a California LCSW credential, Destiny blends respectful listening with hands-on tools. People who choose her for therapy can expect a collaborative process that focuses on feeling, behavior, and what matters most to them.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Destiny lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Destiny names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship 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
Emotion-focused and values-based care online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify core emotions and the patterns those emotions create in relationships and daily life. It is useful for understanding why certain feelings keep returning and for learning new ways to respond to them.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches ways to accept difficult inner experience while committing to actions that match personal values. It can help when worry or avoidance gets in the way of living the kind of life someone wants.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early connection patterns and how they shape expectations and behaviors in adult relationships, which can be useful for intimacy, abandonment, and trust concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Destiny will explore different methods with each person and tailor the mix based on their goals, needs, and preferences. That process is collaborative and paced to what the client can handle.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep consistent contact between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Destiny commonly address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship concerns, plus issues like grief, addictions, self-esteem, sleep and eating problems.
What is Destiny's therapeutic style?
Her style centers on Emotionally-Focused Therapy combined with ACT and CBT tactics, focusing on emotions, values, and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Destiny has ten years of experience working with emotional and relational issues in therapeutic settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds a California LCSW credential and provides services while based in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Destiny?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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