What to expect

Danielle Connell, MSW, LCSW-C, LCSW, LICSW, provides virtual, confidential, trauma informed, evidenced-based and holistic therapeutic services. Now serving clients in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Danielle’s primary clinical focus is working with individuals who have experienced traumas of childhood, sexual and religious trauma, and those in spiritual, neurodivergent, and LGBTQ+ communities . As a clinician with over sixteen years of experience, Danielle provides a supportive and nurturing space which allows you to explore and achieve your goals.

Danielle utilizes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Therapy, and strengths-based modalities to help minimize distress and create meaningful change. In the free initial 15- minute consultation, Danielle will gather some of your history, assess your most urgent concerns, and work with you to identify goals for treatment. Additionally, she will help answer any questions you may have about engaging in suggested modes of therapy. During the course of treatment, Danielle will serve as a guide in establishing resources and helping you navigate through the work towards symptom reduction and management.

Danielle has worked in a multitude of settings including private practice, hospitals, corrections / judiciary systems, community mental health, and crisis response. She has also provided professional trainings in a variety of settings for both professionals and non-mental health professionals on topics such as, trauma, mental wellness, assessment and diagnosis. As an inherently creative and intuitive person, private practice has given her the viewpoint that therapy and the therapeutic relationship forged within are a form of art.

As a Maryland Social Work Board approved supervisor, Danielle also provides group licensee supervision. Danielle has completed EMDRIA-approved EMDR certification training and Advanced Trauma Treatment certification training through PESI, Somatic Therapy Certification (in progress), and on-going study of IFS through multiple sources.