“As we tell our stories to others to the degree that they are attuned to us, our story is modified. The very act of attuning to someone nonverbally creates right hemisphere to right hemisphere brain connection that can alter the experience of an event in real time. In this way good listeners energize the story teller and so encourage the story to be told in a more integrated way.” -Curt Thompson, The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe about Ourselves
Connection is Healing
We all have a story. Telling your story to an attuned listener can be transformational. Telling your story can rewire your brain. Letting another welcome parts of you you’ve been afraid to reveal can be healing. The storyteller can become more connected to themselves as the listener connects to them. Telling the story of the experience requires that your brain link your thoughts about the story (left brain) with your feelings about the story (right brain). EMDR is a great place to start. The key to healing is connecting. Let’s get started on your healing journey.
I graduated from Boston College in 2012 with a Master’s in Clinical Social Work and a focus in mental health. My passion for helping other people was born out of my own broken family system. Newly married post graduate school, I had all the textbook tools to help me understand what a healthy relationship looked like, yet had trouble putting them into practice. Often experience is more helpful that a degree. Fast foward 6 years to the birth of my second son, and I was not ok, my body was not ok. After another two years, I was finally diagnosed with hashimotos, an autoimmune diseases that attacks the thyroid. It had probably brewing in my body for years due to chronic stress, and unresolved trauma, and as a new mom I was riddled with anxiety. I’ve navigated through chronic illness since 2018, and I can honestly say the only thing that moved the needle for my health was doing my own work in EMDR therapy. My antibodies started to drop after 2 years at extremely eleveated levels.
I believe healing is a whole mind- body endeavor. A pivitol part of the therapy process is being seen, heard and safe. Attunement is key to moving forward. Having someone listen to your story, understand your belief systems, and help modify them into a more intergrated space can be transformational. It was for me, and I am passionate about helping people heal from their own trauma, peri/postnatal anxiety and depression, and perfectionsism.
Since graduating I’ve worked in every level of mental heath; hospitals, inpatient, outpatient, college campuses, group practice, and finally started my own private practice in 2022. I am trained in a variety of therapeutic interventions and provide a holistic strengths-based approach to help assist and meet clients where they are at in life. I have training in Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Inherited Family Trauma (IFT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I also utilize themes from Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Dialectical behavioral Therapy (DBT). My therapy approach is inspired by the work of Dan Allender, Dan Siegal, Kelly McDaniel and Brene Brown.
Additionally, I am currently accepting supervisees seeking clinical supervision. Contact for further information
Danielle Deike, MSW, LISW-S
The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.
Contact Danielle.
ddcounseling.lisw@gmail.com
(937) 234-7038
3045 Rodenbeck Dr #4, Beavercreek, OH 45432
Please note; I am only paneled with UHC/ Optum at this time. Intake fee is $135, and regular sessions are $115. Accepted methods of payment are credit, cash, check, HSA & FSA. A bill may be printed for client to submit to insurance for out-of-network provider reimbursement upon request.
*Please note I have waitlist at this time. Email for more questions or to be added.