My work is grounded in decades of clinical experience and an understanding of high sensitivity as a temperament — not a flaw to be fixed. I integrate evidence-based psychological approaches with mindfulness, somatic practices, and body-based awareness to support regulation, insight, and meaningful change.
I work collaboratively to help clients build self-trust, cognitive flexibility, and emotional resilience without overriding their sensitivity. Humor, curiosity, and warmth are part of how we work — and so is depth. This is not a surface-level approach.
Change is not willpower leading to behavior. It is safety leading to awareness, curiosity, choice, and flexibility. When people feel safer in their bodies, they naturally become more flexible in how they think and act.
my approach
I am a licensed psychologist with a PhD in Clinical Psychology and more than 25 years of experience working with highly sensitive people, particularly in the areas of eating disorders, body image, and the complex relationship between sensitivity and self-worth.
About Dr. Daniels
I believe that healing happens in relationship—with ourselves, with others, and with the cultural messages we choose to dismantle.
I believe that diet culture is harmful—and that full recovery from an eating disorder is possible, no matter how long you have struggled.
I believe that sensitivity is not a flaw, but a superpower—especially in a world that often asks us to harden.
And I believe in therapy that is gentle, evidence-based, anti-diet, HAES-aligned, and rooted in true respect for your body and your story.
What I Believe
Many clients come to therapy expecting they need to change who they are. What they often discover instead is that they need space to understand themselves more clearly, unravel patterns that no longer serve them, and rebuild trust in their own perceptions.
Clients describe not becoming different people, but becoming more settled ones — more at ease with themselves, less reactive to old triggers, more grounded in their bodies. Not through willpower or forced optimism, but through safety, curiosity, and attunement.
What Healing Looks like
PhD in Clinical Psychology
Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts
25+ years of private practice
Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
Licensed Body Positive Facilitator
Certified Yoga Teacher with advanced training in Yoga for Mental Health
Certified in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Trauma-informed and specialty-trained in compassion-focused therapy, cognitive flexibility, and interoceptive awareness
Intuitive Eating certified
Menopause Specialty coaching certfied
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction certified
iMove certified
Credentials and Training
When I am not working, I spend time with my husband in our home on Cape Cod, where I walk the beaches, tend to the rhythms of coastal life, and find the spaciousness that comes from being near water.
I am also a parent to adult children in their twenties, and I value deeply the ongoing evolution of those relationships as they become more peer-like and reciprocal over time. I enjoy baking and spending time with my family.
Beyond the Office
More than credentials, what I bring is presence. Years of sitting with people as they find their way back to themselves. That is the work.
If you want to better understand your nervous system, make sense of longstanding patterns, and develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself, I invite you to reach out. We can talk about what you are hoping for and whether working together feels like a good fit.
