Danny is passionate about supporting folks connect to their deep-rooted senses of open-heartedness, courage, wisdom, and play, which they believe is universal in every human, undamaged underneath all interpersonal, familial, and systemic trauma. They strongly believe that everyone can discover senses of purpose, peace, and belonging within a world that is designed to take those components of ourselves away, and that therapy can be an incredibly useful tool in that process.
Danny recognizes that the interweaving systems of white supremacy, patriarchy, xenophobia, classism, transphobia, homophobia, and ableism within a capitalist society often lead us to believe that we are not good enough, that we are faulty, that we do not belong, or that we do not have what we need to hold our rightful, dignified place in the world. For folks who hold identities at these intersections, trauma is often not a past-tense word. They yearn to learn and honor how you’ve survived in this world, and to support you in finding a new harmony with the parts of yourself that might feel terrifying, powerless, or suffocating. Danny believes that this harmony offers expanded senses of choice, love, and power that grow outwards into our relationships with loved ones and our communities of choice.
Most of all, Danny wishes to offer their presence to the process. Rather than offering “answers,” they recognize that we are ultimately the experts of ourselves, and that the presence of an openhearted and radicalized fellow spirit can be profoundly healing. Danny’s work in peer support movements leads them to foundationally value self-determination, autonomy, and shared power in the therapeutic process.
Danny is white, queer, nonbinary, masc, and neurodivergent. They are a highly sensitive person (HSP) who has extensive experience in the psychiatric consumer/survivor movement as a survivor of complex early life trauma and harm at the hands of the mental health system. They live with chronic pain and fatigue and understand the complicated grieving cycles of chronic illness. Outside of healing work, Danny has spiritual connections with mountain summits, hardcore music, sentimental poems, and dreams about a world on the other side of all of this.
Danny is a Licensed Clinical Work Associate Independent Clinical (LSWAIC) in the State of Washington. They received their Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Westfield State University in Massachusetts, and their Master of Social Work from Boise State University in Idaho. They practiced Intentional Peer Support work for several years before becoming a clinician. They use their training and continued education in Internal Family Systems, Alternatives to Suicide, and harm reduction approaches to grow as a heart-centered therapist and human being.
