About Daniel

I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist who treats symptoms as survival functions. If you've felt misread by the world (or by systems that are supposed to help us), you've found the right place. 

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Philosophy of Practice

• Develop a Therapeutic Relationship > Contain > Apply Language > Integrate. I seek understanding you before making hasty assumptions.

• Deep, not vague. I use psychoanalytic existential and relational methods; when needed, I add behavioral tools such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Logic-Based Therapy (LBT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

• 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 the client and work within grounded theory and based evidence. 

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How to Use Me

People navigating:

• Psychosis or the Schizophrenia-spectrum

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

• Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial, and other personality-spectrum struggles

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

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

• Depression and Anxiety

• Bipolar and Mood Disorders

• Dissociative symptoms and disorders

• Adults experiencing difficulties in parenting and navigating family issues

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What to Expect

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

• Assistance 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 on Psilocybin - (undergoing publishing process)

• Clinical Mental Health Counselor in Psychiatric and Spiritual settings