Danielle Macias, LMFT

I became a psychotherapist because I understand that life can be very challenging and I have benefited from therapy myself during difficult periods of my life. I believe having support to navigate painful life circumstances or to come to understand and intergrate your past into your present life, can accelarate healing. The path we choose to take to the relief we desire can itself change us. We long for connection and understanding. It can be hard to find sometimes and even harder to ask for, but when we do it can be transformative.

My training and clinical perspective is humanistic – to understand and grow ourselves (self-actualization) and the importance of how we go about getting there, heavily influenced by Internal Family System (IFS) and trauma-informed. I have completed Level 1 and Level 2 of IFS training.  I’m also very influenced by Buddhism/Mindfulness practices as well as body and breathe work. Throughout my schooling, various clinical roles, and continued training, I have had professors, mentors, therapists and colleagues who supported me not only in my education and training but in my own healing and growth. In Buddhism there is the concept of dependent co-arising which assert in the most basic terms that we can’t rise alone – we must do it together.

My style is very relational, compassionate and client-paced. When it’s time to pick up the pace it will happen because a foundation of trust has been created. I’m aware it can take tremendous courage to be vulnerable and I want my clients to feel safe and comfortable in their ability to engage in therapy.