Daniela is a licensed professional counselor who is passionate about helping individuals overcome challenges and lead a more meaningful life. With a client centered- focus, she believes each individual is the expert of their own life, and helps them to gain awareness of why and how they have lost access to meaningful parts of themselves. She also finds ways to help them remove blocks to emotional growth and move towards a life that feels more connected and alive. She attends to past and present circumstances, behaviors, feelings, thoughts, as well as the body. Daniela also sees that establishing a trusting and supportive relationship is a critical step in helping one achieve success and accomplish personal goals. 

Daniela’s experiences include working with depression, anxiety, life transition, multi-cultural challenges, and relationship issues. She is experienced in working with co-occurring disorders (mental health and substance abuse) disorders. Daniela is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Daniela received her degree in Professional Clinical Counseling from Liberty University. Since then, she has worked in both community based agencies and private practice. Daniela utilizes a variety of evidence-based techniques, including, Narrative Therapy, Emotional-Focused, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Rational-Emotive Behavioral Therapy, CBT and other forms of treatment where she carefully analyzes what is most helpful to each client’s individual needs.