Danielle Bird

Registered Counselling Therapist – Candidate

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Danielle offers a rich integration of clinical expertise and personal lived experiences that shape her relational approach as a therapist. As a late-diagnosed AuDHD individual, Danielle brings a unique blend of personal understanding and focused expertise to her practice. Her own path naturally led her to specialize in what she knows best: supporting other neurodivergent folks and helping individuals heal from narcissistic family systems. Danielle’s approach is non-pathologizing, somatic-oriented, and open to spiritual embodiment.

  • Trauma & Relationship Recovery

    • Complex Trauma, PTSD, and BPD support

    • Recovery from narcissistic family systems and covert narcissistic abuse

    • Healing deep attachment wounding, including fearful-avoidant attachment patterns

    Nervous System & Somatic Processing

    • Rewiring trauma imprints by connecting with the body to safely process stuck emotions

    • Alleviating chronic overwhelm and stabilizing mood

    • Gently reawakening the body out of chronic "functional freeze"

    • Titrating safety for a chronically activated fight-or-flight

    Body Image & Self-Worth

    • Eating disorder recovery and body image repair

    • Strengthening self-worth, building personal agency and unshakeable boundaries

    Inclusive & Affirming Care

    • Neurodivergent-Affirming Care: Support rooted in understanding what it's like to navigate the world unnoticed, undiagnosed, and with unmet needs.

    • Alternative Relationship Structures (CNM/ENM): Dedicated, knowledgeable support for Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Consensual Non-Monogamy.

    • Kink-Affirming Care: A safe, sex-positive, judgment-free space for individuals and couples within BDSM communities.

  • I am a Registered Counselling Therapist – Candidate based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. I hold a Master of Counselling Psychology with Distinction degree from Yorkville University, as well as a BA Honours in Psychology & Neuroscience from Mount Saint Vincent University. I am bilingual English and French.

    I am a trauma-informed clinician
    blending lived experience with academic expertise to foster safety, connection, and transformation. I specialize in C-PTSD, attachment & nervous system repair, and somatic-spiritual integration. As a registered yoga teacher and therapist, I may offer postures as medicine for nervous system care. My practice is integrative, decolonial, deshaming, and focuses on humanistic whole-person wellness. 

    My practice is informed by neuroscience, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and my trainings in EMDR (EMDRIA); Somatic Experiencing Beginner (Somatic Experiencing International); Integrative Attachment Theory – Couples Focused (Dr. Tais Gibson); Logosynthesis Basic (Logosynthesis International Association); and Brain Story (Oxford University). As I value ongoing education and personal development, I am currently in training for Compassionate Self-Healing.

Individual Therapy
Relationship Therapy