About Daniel
I came to this work the long way around — through my own experiences with trauma, attachment, identity, and figuring out how to live as a queer person in a world that didn't always make space for that. Twelve-plus years in, what keeps me here is genuine curiosity about people. I'm not interested in a polished version of you. I want the actual one.
I started Discovery Path because too many practices treat therapy like a transaction and treat their associate clinicians like cheap labor. I wanted somewhere different — a place where the clients get a therapist who can show up real, and the clinicians get the supervision and clinical scaffolding to actually grow into the work. That's the practice I tried to build.
My own clinical background sits in trauma and PTSD, attachment patterns, BPD and emotion dysregulation, identity work, and the specific terrain of being LGBTQ+ — including gender transition support. I'm comfortable with polyamory and non-monogamy, and I have a soft spot for people who are deconstructing the religion they grew up with. I have ADHD myself, so the neurodivergent brain doesn't need translating. That orientation is what shapes how I supervise and what kind of practice Discovery Path is.
What I Bring to Supervision
Trauma & PTSD
LGBTQ+ Affirming
Queer therapist; gender transition support
BPD & Emotion Dysregulation
Attachment & Identity
Polyamory & Non-Monogamy
Mood Disorders
Clinical Orientation
Three words: direct, warm, irreverent.
Warm and present, honest about what I'm seeing, and not above a well-placed joke. That's the orientation behind how I supervise, and what I look for when I bring clinicians on. The therapists at Discovery Path each have their own voice and approach, but the underlying clinical lens runs through all of it: real conversation, not a monologue delivered at a polite stranger.
Communities Discovery Path Serves
Age groups served: Teens (13–17, with Symphony), young adults (18–25), adults (26–40), midlife adults (41–60), older adults (60+).
In Daniel's Words
"I'd rather have a real conversation with you than a polite one. That's what good therapy actually is."
Something I say a lot in session: "What would it look like if you stopped performing being okay?"
Outside of therapy: I have ADHD and I build software to keep my own brain pointed in the right direction. I run on too much coffee and not enough patience for clinical jargon. I love a long walk, a long conversation, and people who are working on becoming themselves.
If You're Considering Discovery Path
I'm not the one to start with right now — my caseload is closed and my work is supervising the team. But our therapists are taking new clients, and any of them are a good place to begin. The matching questionnaire takes about five minutes and points you to whoever's the best fit for what you're navigating.