Dr. Elayne Daniels
Psychotherapy & coaching
In Her Own Words:
Meet Dr. Elayne Daniels
You don’t have to go it alone.
For more than 25 years, I’ve walked alongside adolescents and adults navigating some of life’s most tender terrain—through anxiety, overwhelm, eating disorders, and the grip of a culture obsessed with image and perfection.
Early in my career, I noticed a pattern. One that wasn’t just clinical, but deeply personal. Two distinct groups kept finding their way to me: Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), and people struggling with disordered eating and body image distress.
At first glance, these populations seemed separate. But over time, the overlap became impossible to ignore. Behind both were souls experiencing the world intensely—with deep empathy, keen perception, and often a quiet struggle to feel at home in their own bodies. As someone who is highly sensitive myself, this recognition became a calling.
Simultaneously, I found myself specializing in the treatment of eating disorders—an area that requires not only deep expertise, but also the kind of attuned presence and compassion that many HSPs (and their therapists) naturally bring. The more I listened, the more I saw: eating disorders and high sensitivity often intersect in nuanced, profound ways.
This insight helped shape an approach that’s integrative, intuitive, and fiercely non-pathologizing.
- 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’ve 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.
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with 25+ years of private practice
- Licensed Be Body Positive facilitator
- Certified in Intuitive Eating
- Trauma-informed and yoga-certified with a specialty in Yoga Integrated Psychotherapy
- Certified in MIndfulness Based Stress Reduction
- Advocate for a world where everyone—especially HSPs—can feel at home in their bodies
Whether you’re here because your relationship with food feels impossible, or because your sensitivity feels like too much—know this:
• There is nothing wrong with you.
• There is so much right with you.
• And healing is entirely within reach.
My commitment is to offer you a space that feels safe, respectful, and quietly powerful. Where you can soften, exhale, and begin again. Where you can reconnect with your intuition, reclaim your voice, and come home to yourself.
“Hope begins in the dark… if you just show up and do the next right thing, the dawn will come.”
— Anne Lamott
Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here.
