Dan

My approach to therapy is eclectic, but the most important factor for successful therapy is the therapeutic relationship. If you don’t feel comfortable and relaxed, your healing and growth will feel more like work than a journey. I try to create an atmosphere tailored to your specific needs and desires. Whether you’re seeking a guide, a teacher, or an instructor, I can fill that role and ensure you feel comfortable enough to ask for a change of pace. Seeking therapy can feel like an intimidating ordeal, my aim is to make it a tranquil yet invigorating hike through nature. Healing doesn’t happen with pressure, it happens with safety and compassion.

I am a marriage and family therapist. The eclectic approach I mentioned has its foundation in a systemic perspective that is trauma-informed, inclusive, neurodivergent-informed, and intersectional. I believe that family of origin dynamics and the various systems and cultures we grew up in significantly influence our mental health and sense of self. I also believe that boundaries and self-compassion are vital for self-growth and healing. Some other approaches I use include emotion-focused therapy, the Gottman method, The Developmental Method for couples therapy, somatic processing, parts work, psychodynamic therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy.

I work with adult individuals, couples, and families. My specialties are relationships, sex and intimacy, kink/BDSM, consensual and ethical non-monogamy, attachment, anxiety, trauma, neurodivergence (ADHD, autism), life changes, depression, family issues, self-worth, codependency/enmeshment, and stress.

I’m a member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and I’m neurodivergent myself. I like to spend my free time reading, gaming, listening to music, going to live shows, being outside, and swaying in my hammock.