About Daniel

I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist who treats symptoms as survival functions--things a mind does under extreme pressure that we can identify, steady, understand, and reshape. If you've felt misread by the world (or by systems that are supposed to help us), you've found the right therapist. 

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How I Work

• Contain > Name > Integrate. First we steady and ground, then name what's happening, then widen the frame for perspective before acting

• Deep, not vague. I use psychoanalytic and relational methods; when needed, I add behavioral tools such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

• Bidirectional reality-testing. Both the standard for measuring and the measurement are considered and tested. 

• Faith friendly yet scientifically grounded: I can integrate spirituality when it helps teh client and work within grounded theory and based evidence. 

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How to Use Me

People navigating:

• Psychosis or the Schizophrenia-spectrum

• Tauma (Complex, Acute, Extended Exposure), Dissociation, and Complex Grief

• Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial, an dother personality-spectrum struggles

• Identity, motiviation, moral injury, and spiritual or existential crisis

• High Stress roles (veterans, first responders, medical, etc)

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What to Expect

• Space for you to talk about whatever you need to without judgment

• Asistance articulating the unexplainable or unsayable

• Practice with Awareness and Pacing

• Respect for client autonomy and agency

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My Degrees:​

• Community College of the Air Force: AS in Information Systems Technology

• University of Arizona Global Campus: BA in Homeland Security and Emergency Management

• Northwest University: MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

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My Background:

My diverse background is what shaped my views on the connection between mind, body, and spirit and has given me a deep pool of knowledge allowing me to connect with others while helping them overcome their challenges.

• Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B, license expired)

• Assistant College Instructor

• USAF TACP Special Warfare - 9 years

• Private Contracting

• Research Lead

• Clinical Mental Health Counselor in Psychiatric and Spiritual settings