politicized trauma healing for tender hearts.

You have an ancient beauty.

Chances are, you have been through hell. The world that you came in to was not the world meant to cultivate your authentic self. You either went through significant trauma, or have almost always felt a sense of loneliness. 
And this is really affecting your life. Relationships are really challenging. Your self worth is a constant struggle. Anxiety, depression, and/or self-doubt are very consistent companions. Maybe you really struggle with substances, process addictions, or challenges with food and body. You’re often overwhelmed and haven’t had the success you’ve wanted to with what you’ve tried so far.
I have so much compassion for you at this place in your journey. I’ve been there, too.
I sit with folks to support them in finding their innate brilliance and connection to this world. I believe that every single human has a unique magic, and I find a sense of foundational joy in helping you find and affirm who you were meant to be. My style of therapy is based on love, compassionate reflection, and experiential somatics (more on this below). No matter what you’ve been through, I deeply, deeply believe in your ability to heal.

You are welcome here exactly as you are. I believe you are inherently good, capable, and magical :)

About me

Hi, I’m Danny, and I’m really glad that you’re here. Yes, I’m a therapist, and I love my job. Some other things I call myself include: tender heart, flowerchild, music-lover, wandering soul, and sports gorl. I am a white, nonbinary, queer, and polyamorous Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) who lives with chronic illness.

I came to work in the mental health field over ten years ago via the peer support and consumer/survivor (c/s/x) movements. I have a very powerful complex PTSD story of my own from a painful upbringing and plenty of intergenerational trauma. I struggled immensely with my mental health and substance use challenges as a young person, and it was via spaces where others “got it” without trying to “fix me” that I was able to begin healing.

And this is the underlying philosophy I hold for all of us: that, when we are in environments that love and accept us, that welcome our depth and our quirk and our unique brilliance, that have honest and hard conversations that don’t impede our senses of dignity when needed, we know innately how to heal. All it takes is the right set of circumstances. My hope is that our work together will be an important component of that for you.

I graduated with a Master’s Degree in Social Work in 2020 and have been a licensed therapist in Washington State since 2022. My style is gentle, loving, sturdy, and adaptable. I think I’m very funny, but you can ultimately be the judge of that. My promise to you is that I’m here with you for your healing arc- all of its messy ups and downs, all of its silly and sweet moments and heartbreaks. I’ll hold steady confidence in your ability to move towards the life you dream about while you’re here on this Earth.

When I’m not working, I love any sport or physical activity as my body allows, playing and listening to music, crying while reading poems, and being a goof.

What makes it “politicized?”

I am deeply aware of the traumatic nature of living in the systems of racialized capitalism. Every experience we go through in life is shrouded by these systems, and they inevitably influence all walks of life, including our personal and interpersonal trauma. I recognize that therapy is just a small microcosm of the larger change needed in our world to address the origins of trauma.

In therapy together, we get to talk about all of these things. Your experiences with racism, transphobia, gender-based violence, classism and ableism will be met with love, curiosity, and a shared desire for justice.

I recognize my privilege in this world as a white, masc-looking, often cis-passing individual and approach clients with less privilege in these areas with a lot of humility. My lived experience of queerness, gender-expansiveness, chronic disability, as well as my working-class upbringing means that I can offer you some level of “getting it” around these identities, but I will not pretend to fully understand your individual experience. I recognize your story is unique and start with no assumptions.

How I work

Somatics and Internal Family Systems

The main way that I work is through the body’s inherent wisdom using a modality called Internal Family Systens, or “IFS” or “parts work.” This method is very effective at supporting folks to access deeper unresolved pain in the psyche, to befriend their protective mechanisms that might seem adversarial (think: your inner critic, the part of you that drinks too much, the part of you that gets short with your spouse, etc.), and to resolve deeper trauma by accessing a deeper healing intelligence. By leaning on this process, I can support you to meet all parts of yourself with love and compassion, which inherently leads to the unburdening of traumatic memories and beliefs in the right environment.

Spirituality and Nature

To support folks in connecting with this deeper healing intelligence, I often evoke conversations about the larger meaning of our suffering and trauma. If you’re reading this, then you’ve likely survived a lot. And I want to help support you more to a felt sense of that resilience, so that you can consciously access it when you need it in life. I think nature is our greatest example of connection with a force beyond ourselves, and, in my experience as healer, serves as a profound protector in the trauma healing process.

Harm Reduction & Relational Healing

The therapeutic relationship is unique in that it gets to be an experiment for the other relationships in your life. I use experiential moments in therapy to support healing. One example of this is that you might be sharing something that others have made fun of you for. I might invite you to notice my open heart, my care for you, and my empathy to help re-wire some old pathways that feel self-blaming and shameful. This is just one of many possibilities.

Harm reduction means that I won’t pathologize you or assume that your behaviors are problematic. I leave you to define that for yourself. If you engage in risky behavior, I will support you to access resources that will reduce the harm of that behavior rather than assuming that you need to stop. I lean on your self-defined goals rather than making assumptions.

My Specialties

Embodied Trauma Healing

If your childhood or later developmental years have left you with lasting wounds, then I have something meaningful to offer you. I intimately understand that these wounds can have remarkable and heartbreaking impacts on your life. I am here to support you heal into a new relationship with yourself, your suffering, your dreams, and the world around you.

Most of my professional experience is with complex PTSD, chronic developmental trauma, and chronic childhood emotional neglect, but I do also work with folks around one-time acute traumas and PTSD.

LGBTQIAA+ Affirming Care

Queerness is brilliance. I’m here to hear about your experiences with not fitting into many of the pre-conceived boxes around us - the pain, the joy, the confusion, and all of the rest that comes with queerness and gender expansiveness. I support folks with gender and sexuality identity exploration, and I can support you with gender affirming surgery letters if you need them.

Highly Sensitive People

If you are a tender heart who feels the world deeply, I want to work with you. From my own experience, I understand the profound challenges that can come from a world that is over-stimulating and “too much.” For those of us that have experienced trauma in a sensitive body-mind, the pain and the healing can feel even more overwhelming. I’m here for you at every step.

Political Organizers and Artists

I recognize the life-changing work that is happening all around us. For those contributing to liberation through organizing or through their art, trauma, burnout, or in-group conflict can be debilitating. I have a deep passion for supporting those who do social change work to mend their relationships with themselves and others.

Relationship Challenges

I believe that connection is the heart of everything we do - connection with ourselves, with nature, and with other human beings. When we feel alienated, alone, or in constant conflict or disconnection, it can feel similarly to not having access to water or food. Trauma or other challenges can make relationships really hard. I support individuals with their struggles with friends, lovers, partners, colleagues, polycules, and other important life relationships.

Psychedelic Preparation and Integration

I believe deeply in the wisdom that entheogenic medicine has to offer us in this life. There are few tools we have available to us that are more potent than these medicines, especially when it comes to our healing. I have much experience supporting folks throughout these experiences in a way that allows for more meaning-making and impactful integration.

Pricing and Fees

I am considered an “out of network” provider for all insurance companies. I can produce a superbill for you that you can submit to your insurance company for possible reimbursement. I cannot guarantee what you might be reimbursed, so please make sure to check with your insurance company to confirm what your out of network benefits are.

If you have reliable out of network benefits, I highly encourage you to consider choosing a higher price than you might otherwise consider. It supports those without these benefits who are not eligible for any reimbursement.

I use a three-tiered system for pricing based on your financial situation. I ask that you please choose the bracket that best represents your life situation and what you are able to pay to make ongoing therapy sustainable for you. Please be in touch with any questions.

This model is based off of the Green Bottle Method. Please see here if you’d like to read more about it.

I strongly prefer Zelle for payment. I also accept Venmo, checks, or (my last preference) credit cards.

You can read about the No Surprises Act here. You are entitled to a good faith estimate around how much one year’s worth of our work will cost you.

Living in Financial Abundance

$225-$325

  • Financially, I can comfortably meet all my basic needs (food, housing, & transportation); any stress I feel about finances is never about meeting my basic needs

  • Any debt I carry doesn’t keep me from meeting basic needs

  • I am stably employed, or I am a stay-at-home caregiver not seeking to work outside the home while my partner is stably employed, or I don’t need to work to meet my needs

  • I own or rent a home that is comfortable and spacious, with modern conveniences

  • I own or lease my car, and can get a new car every few years if I want to

  • I have access to healthcare whenever I need it

  • I have access to savings and can tap it when I need to

  • I can always buy new items if I want to

  • I generally have discretionary income and can treat myself to indulgences when I want to

  • I’m usually able to buy higher-end items if I prefer to

Living in Financial Stability

$175-225

  • Financially, I regularly meet all my basic needs (food, housing transportation); any stress I feel about finances isn’t usually about meeting my basic needs

  • Any debt I carry doesn’t keep me from meeting basic needs

  • I am stably employed, or I am a stay-at-home caregiver not seeking to work outside the home while my partner is stably employed

  • I own or rent a home that is comfortable and spacious enough, with modern conveniences

  • I own or lease a car and can afford gas, or I am car-free by choice

  • I usually have access to healthcare when I need it

  • I might have access to some savings I can tap when I am low on funds

  • I can usually buy new items, though sometimes I need to plan ahead

  • I have discretionary income sometimes; I can treat myself to a few indulgences every month

  • I can take a vacation every year or two if I plan ahead

Living in Financial Scarcity

Varies - Let’s talk!

  • Financially, I often have stress about meeting my basic needs (food, housing, & transportation), and can’t always meet them

  • I might have debt, which sometimes keeps me from meeting basic needs

  • I am unemployed, underemployed, or usually worried about my income or my job’s stability

  • My home lacks space/comfort or modern conveniences, or my housing is unstable

  • I don’t have a car (not by choice), or I have limited access to a car but I can’t always afford gas

  • I don’t always have access to the healthcare I need

  • I don’t have savings I can tap when I am low on funds

  • I rarely buy new items

  • I don’t generally have discretionary income to treat myself to indulgences (new clothes, a movie, etc.)

  • I can’t usually afford vacations

  • Taking time off is a financial burden or jeopardizes my job

  • I qualify for some form of public assistance

Be in touch :)

If you’re interested in working together, please write to me and I’ll be happy to connect with for a video consult. Looking forward to hearing from you!