GIVING SHAPE TO HOW YOU FEEL
Helping adults and kids
feel safe, seen and understood.
pain takes over
Even when youāre surrounded by people who care about you, depression can still feel isolating. Anxiety can make every thought louder, every decision heavier. Overwhelm can build quietly until youāre carrying more than you can explain. Maybe you donāt want to burden the people you love, or maybe you need space to untangle whatās happening without having to hold it all together for everyone else.
this way isnāt working
Youāve been holding everything together for so long that you may not even notice how much itās costing you. Pushing feelings down, avoiding discomfort, or staying stuck in overthinking can slowly leave you disconnected from yourself, exhausted, and unsure of what you actually need. Anxiety keeps your mind spinning. Depression can make you feel numb, distant, or heavy in ways that are hard to explain. And the longer you ignore whatās underneath, the harder it becomes to trust yourself or feel grounded in your own life.
The goal isnāt to feel happy all the time. Itās to better understand your emotions, recognize how they shape your thoughts and reactions, and learn how to stay present with discomfort instead of feeling controlled by it. Life may not look the way you imagined, and change can feel overwhelming, but small shifts in awareness and understanding can begin to create real movement. You deserve to feel more connected to yourself again.
BE WHO YOU NEED
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Board Certified Art Therapist, I meet you where you are ā not where you think you should be. Therapy can be a place to slow down, understand whatās driving the anxiety, depression, overwhelm, or self-criticism, and start feeling more connected to yourself.
You donāt need to become a ābetterā version of yourself to deserve care. Real change doesnāt come from forcing positivity or finding a quick fix. It comes from learning how to understand your emotions, tolerate discomfort, and respond to yourself differently.
My approach is client-centered, relational, and insight-oriented. Together, weāll look at the patterns, beliefs, and experiences shaping the way you move through life and create goals that actually fit you. Iām less interested in surface-level coping skills and more interested in helping you build self-awareness that leads to lasting change.
This is my inner child.ā
Hi. Iām DANIELA
I couldnāt imagine graduating kindergarten, let alone becoming an adult. I never wouldāve believed Iād travel the world, spend a decade as a creative director, or leave the stable life I built to return to graduate school and become an Art Therapist.
Back then, I didnāt have words like bisexual, pronouns, or Latina. I only knew I wanted to feel safe being myself.
If youād told my younger self any of this, she probably wouldāve blinked at you and gone back to coloring.
the art of becoming
I offer a steady, supportive space to sit with what feels difficult and begin to understand it. From there, we find ways to move forward that feel more connected, manageable, and true to you.