Emotional support isn’t about fixing you.
Welcome to my site. With love, Danielle
It’s about helping you understand yourself better,
so you can make choices that truly work for you.
You’re not broken and you are enough. Everything you’re looking for already exists within you. You just need the right tools, support and awareness of what’s going on.
who i AM & what I do
My name is Danielle. I am a Gestalt counsellor from South Africa specialising in emotional support, development and wellbeing for expats & foreigners away from home in a foreign country and culture.
I myself am an expat, based in Granada, Spain for over 9 years. I work online and in-person providing individual sessions as well as group circles and workshops. Both offer clients unique opportunities.
I have been through my own process of emotional healing. I engage with my clients as a relatable human and not as a sterile, blank page with no personality or life experiences. I am gentle, loving and empathetic. I am also energetic, creative and full of joy. And I am honest, engaging and genuine.
I create safe, non-judgemental spaces where my clients can get to know themselves deeply, gain greater awareness and emotional intelligence, confront their obstacles, experience growth, authenticity and change, and develop emotional tools and resources to manage stress and navigate the many challenges of today’s [ often insane, unhealthy and imbalanced ] world.
Nothing exists on its own.
Without your body, you are going nowhere.
holistic approach
I work with you, as a whole, with all the external and internal influences that shape you.
You are the expert and authority on your life. I help you to uncover your truth.
Learning to trust yourself and unlearn everything that is not you.
Anchoring yourself in the present moment.
Developing awareness of your breath and your body, it’s messages, tensions and signals.
MY focus AREAS
While I care deeply about each of my client’s unique stories & each and every issue that’s important to them, my special focus areas in my practice are:
The challenges of living abroad as a foreigner, in a foreign land and culture
Stress and anxiety
Relationships, conflict and emotional crisis
Emotional dysregulation
Disconnection - from ourselves, our emotions and our bodies
LGBTQIAP+
Navigating the challenges of today’s society: social media, overproductivity, the inability to stop and rest, overstimulation, and eco-anxiety
I also offer specialised sessions focused on:
community & tribe projects
Together we are greater than our parts. And yet in this globalised, “connected” world we are lonelier and more isolated than ever.
These projects are born from clients’ needs for connection, belonging and sharing, beyond the individual. We are social beings, not just individuals, and community is an important element of emotional support.
Free Group Circles & Workshops: Online, Costa Tropical, Granada & Cape Town
Foreigners Expats Circle: Belonging, In a Foreign Land
General Support Circle for Current Clients: Space and Connection
Men’s Circle: A Holding Space: A Group Circle for Men
Women’s Circle: Wild Women: Recovering Expression & Creativity - Freedom in Movement
Local & Global Community Project: Love Notes to My City
resources
What’s helped me on my journey to healing:
A list of resources to help you with healing outside of our sessions
A deeper look at the concepts explored in sessions & workshops:
[ Recommended only after coming across a concept together in a session ]
