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.
His clinical work centers on adolescents and families, in outpatient and crisis settings, through some of the hardest moments of their lives.
In his own practice he works with adults and adolescents alike, with particular care for identity development, LGBTQ+ themes, sobriety and recovery, and the questions of meaning and purpose that shape a life.
That blend of formation, pastoral and clinical, is what makes his work distinctive. He can sit with a reactive 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
Psychodynamic
Daniel's foundational training: making sense of how early relationships and unconscious patterns shape the present, so insight can become lasting change.
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 reactive.
Faith & meaning
Holding the existential and spiritual questions alongside the clinical ones, for those who want that dimension honored.