About Danielle
You’ve been trying for a long time to make this work. Maybe it’s the same fight with your partner, or the same internal spiral that leaves you exhausted and frustrated. Maybe you’ve started shutting down just to get through it. At some point you realized the way you’ve been living, reacting, or relating just isn’t sustainable anymore.
The disconnection may show up in your marriage, your family, or inside your own chest. Wherever it appears, the intensity can feel the same. Some people arrive with a lot to say. Others struggle to find words for what they’re experiencing. Some feel emotions quickly and intensely, while others notice their feelings stay buried or hard to access.
All of it is welcome here.
If you’re wondering what therapy with me might look like, below is how I approach the work.
My Approach to Therapy
My approach is collaborative and relational. Whether I’m working with a couple, an individual, or a family, we work as a team. Your job is to bring the topics, the conversations that went sideways, the moments that didn’t sit right, or the places where you feel stuck. My role is to guide the process so those conversations can move toward more satisfying outcomes.
In session, I listen carefully. I want to understand both the frustration that brought you here and the hope for what could feel different in your life or relationships. Throughout our work, we focus on what’s most important to you. I ask for feedback often so we can track your experience, celebrate the wins and adjust direction as needed.
During sessions, I often invite people to slow down and check in with themselves during key moments. Tension between what isn’t working and what you deeply want can stir up a lot. Learning to hear yourself in the middle of distress can be a powerful turning point.
How I Show Up With You
You may have tried therapy before. Many people say they liked their previous therapist but didn’t experience much movement. My goal is to help you move beyond simply talking about problems and begin creating meaningful shifts in how you relate to yourself and others.
Clients often say they appreciate that I stay steady during difficult moments. Even when emotions run high, I remain grounded. Sometimes I describe my role as an emotional sherpa, helping guide people safely through challenging emotional terrain.
I hold space for the complexity of your story. Life and relationship struggles often involve layers of personal history, emotional patterns, and unspoken expectations. Rather than rushing toward quick solutions, we slow down and make sense of those patterns together. Solutions matter, but without emotional processing alongside them, they either don’t stick or aren’t satisfying.
As people reconnect with what they are feeling, they often begin hearing themselves more clearly, and the people they love can hear them differently too.
How I Work With Couples and Families
Couples and family therapy can be challenging work. People rarely arrive in the same emotional place, and my role is to meet each person where they are while keeping an eye on the relationship as a whole.
Together we track and regulate anxiety so the work moves at a pace that is both productive and tolerable.
I’m also careful not to push couples or families toward premature progress. One pattern I watch closely is when someone begins abandoning their own needs in order to keep the peace. From the outside this can look like improvement while the relationship remains in distress. My focus is on helping families and couples build changes that are sustainable over time, not just short term relief.
Research shows couples are often in distress for an average of six years before seeking help. When you consider how long many relationships have been struggling, it becomes even more important to find a therapist you trust to go the distance with you.
Why I Do This Work
The way I approach therapy is deeply connected to why I chose this work in the first place.
Again and again, I saw the same pattern. People who looked like they were doing everything “right” on the surface often felt disconnected underneath. They were exhausted from managing emotions they didn’t know how to process and stuck in patterns they couldn’t quite name.
I pursued graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy because I wanted to work deeply with relationship dynamics. After becoming licensed as both a Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Counselor, I continued to notice how quickly intense emotional moments could overwhelm people. I wanted deeper training in helping clients navigate those moments safely.
That path led me to become a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist, one of the most research supported approaches for healing relationship distress and emotional disconnection.
Today my work focuses on helping people understand the emotional and relational patterns shaping their lives. I work with individuals who feel disconnected from themselves, couples caught in painful cycles, and families struggling to communicate without conflict.
Y’all, the struggle to feel safe, and to safely feel, in this world is real. Relationships take work and intention. But strong relationships with the people you love most, and living a life that feels connected and meaningful, are worth it.
Free Consultation
Schedule a free 15 minute phone consultation and let’s explore whether working together feels like a good fit.