A rare fluency in two languages.
The clinical and the human, the symptom and the soul, held with equal seriousness.
Daniel Peterson is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor who came to the work by an unusual road. He served as an ordained Catholic priest for four years before moving full-time into clinical care, and he holds master's degrees in theology, divinity, and counseling.
Today he practices at Primary Children's Hospital, working in pediatric outpatient and crisis settings with adolescents and families navigating some of the hardest moments of their lives.
That blend of formation, pastoral and clinical, is what makes his work distinctive. He can sit with a defended teenager and a room of fifteen hundred professionals with the same steadiness, and meet both with curiosity rather than judgment.
An integrative, whole-person approach
Internal Family Systems
Helping people understand the protective parts behind their behavior, so the hard things become workable instead of shameful.
Acceptance & Commitment
Building psychological flexibility and values-based action, especially with youth who feel stuck or defended.
Faith & meaning
Holding the existential and spiritual questions alongside the clinical ones, for those who want that dimension honored.