Danielle has over 15 years of experience as a clinical therapist. Prior to starting a full-time private practice, she worked in outpatient mental health services with clients dealing with anxiety, depression, grief and loss, complex trauma, emotion regulation issues, life transitions, gender and sexuality, and relationship challenges. She provides individual, family, parenting/caregiving, and couple therapy. She values diversity and inclusivity. Her approach is empathic, playful, nonjudgmental, and trauma-informed, and she draws on an eclectic mix of therapeutic modalities to best suit client needs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Complex Trauma/Trauma-Informed Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
I am a registered Social Worker (Master of Social Work; RSW with OCSSWSW) with more than 25 years of experience providing mental health services to children, youth, and families. I was an outreach Crisis Worker for 15 years, and also spent more than 10 years working as a Clinical Therapist in an outpatient mental health clinic. Clinical interests include providing treatment for specific therapeutic issues like anxiety, depression, stress management, and trauma for youths and adults. Additionally, many people also seek therapy to address issues such as self-acceptance, self-care, to develop assertiveness, or to develop a greater understanding of themselves. Whatever your reasons for seeking treatment, we can create a collaborative plan to address your goals in a way that works for you.
I have also worked for many years with criminally-involved youths and have significant experience providing treatment to minors who have sexually offended or engaged in fire setting behaviours. While these issues frequently require broader community intervention, I am happy to consult to determine if private therapy to address concerns is an option for your family.
My priority is to create a supportive, non-judgmental space where clients can discuss worries and concerns, and ultimately feel that they have been heard, understood, and not judged. My approach to therapy has been described as warm and empathetic, as well as strengths-based and client-centered. I am comfortable working with many therapeutic modalities (e.g. CBT, Narrative, trauma-informed treatment, Unified Protocols for Trans-diagnostic Treatment, etc.) and typically provide an eclectic mix of interventions that are tailored to the needs of individual clients.
Therapy services can be provided online or in-person depending on the preferences of the client.
