Danielle Birrittella, LMFT, MA, MFA

My role as a psychotherapist is to accompany people on their courageous journeys of healing, discovery, and self-expression. I enjoy working with those curious and inspired to take their inner work seriously toward the potential of profound growth and transformation.

I believe that the narratives we tell about ourselves hold tremendous power and that, through our work together, we can become more conscious of how these stories shape our lives to find opportunities for new understanding and meaning-making. 

As a depth psychotherapist, I have reverence for the wisdom of the psyche to help guide us to explore and hold the unvoiced parts of ourselves and our desires to make our lives more whole. 

My work weaves together modalities including Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experience, imaginal psychology, expressive arts, attachment theory, psychoanalytic and narrative therapies. I view healing through a transgenerational, trauma-informed lens which offers tools to help regulate the nervous system. I am an advocate of psychoeducation in the therapeutic relationship to demystify psychological concepts as they relate to personal experience. 

In addition to working as a psychotherapist, I am a practicing artist and have a background as a creative entrepreneur. This experience, in addition to an eclectic spiritual upbringing, involving Catholicism, Judaism, and Hinduism, guides me to view the ancient human experience and the realities of our modern world through a mystical, philosophical, and alchemical lens. 

Areas of special interest include artists and creative entrepreneurs, men and intimacy, families navigating trauma or divorce, young adults on a path of individuation, body image, and intuitive eating, and couples seeking to deepen their relationships. I have experience working with patients with substance use disorder and dual diagnosis and served as the Clinical Director of Patient Support at one of the nation’s largest fertility clinics. 

In my extensive work as a group facilitator, primarily utilizing expressive arts and somatic mindfulness approaches, I have found immense joy in witnessing the profound healing that occurs in connection and community.

As an artist and a practicing psychotherapist, I bring a unique perspective to the intersection of creativity and mental health. I consult with organizations and institutions to foster awareness and build spaces for healing and transformation through artistic expression. This work emphasizes dialogue around the role of art in shaping and healing our collective experiences and the potential for creativity to transform personal and societal narratives.

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PSYCHOLOGY TODAY PROFILE

WORK + TRAINING

EDUCATION

  • Pacifica Graduate Institute (MA) Counseling Psychology

  • California Institute of the Arts (MFA)

  • New York University (BA)

Client Feedback

  • “I began working with Danielle for the first time when I was at one of the lowest points of my life, and I felt like I was powerless in the face of addiction. I felt like my life was crumbling down on top of me. After I attended Danielle’s groups, I began processing what I was feeling in ways I could never have expected. Danielle didn’t just help me stay sober, she helped me with the complexity of why I was getting sober.”

  • “Danielle had a way of helping me see things that I needed to see. Danielle used a perfect balance interventions and in-depth discussions that challenged my belief system. She also helped me fortify my beliefs in loving myself and being patient and kind to myself. ”

  • “Danielle is gifted. Thoughtful and razor sharp, she gets to the heart of the matter, both spiritually and functionally in her approach to healing. She is not afraid to dig deep and get uncomfortable - the place from where all good things come!”

  • “Danielle helped remove blocks. I used to be overwhelmed by anxiety when it came to my creative work, always delaying the act. My creative process has expanded in a way that it hasn’t in years and I am lucky I came across her as a guide.”

  • “Working with Danielle has made my life significantly better, I am now much more financially secure, my marital issues have been resolved, and not only do I have one year sober from drinking and drugs, I know why I’m worth a life free from drinking and drugs.”

  • “Danielle accesses places you haven’t gone for a long time or perhaps have never allowed yourself to remember, creating a unique juicy collection through a plethora of tools including guided meditation, visualization, active imagination exercises, and writing prompts. This combination was what I needed to crack my armor and my creative flow feels sprung from its self-imposed exile. The greatest gift I gained was the belief that my personal life experience is enough to inspire others to feel and think.”

  • “Besides Danielle’s wonderful understanding and brilliant talent, it is clear after working with her she is passionate to do all she can to help her clients. She knows how to guide; remaining patient, welcoming, and ecstatic to see a person grow from their time with her.”

  • “Danielle has a way of just taking you there. I felt relaxed and safe. Danielle cares deeply; she listens completely when you share and gives sincere and thoughtful feedback. She is so knowledgeable and wise. The message to listen to your intuitive voice, to trust that inner guidance, and to also do the work. “

Connect

“I would like to beg of you, dear friend, as well as I can, to have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart.Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer some distant day.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke