“I choose to resist not because I’m brave or noble or strong, but because I love my body, my people, and the way we survive.”
~Eli Clare
danny weber, lcmhc
Hi, I’m danny.
I’m a trans/enby healer on the land of the Eno, Tutelo, Saponi, Occaneechi, Shakori, Cheraw, Tuscarora, and Lumbee Native peoples (colonized as Durham, NC). I use the word “healer” because I don’t believe in cure rhetoric or medicalized models of therapeutic support. Our bodies are responding accurately to a capitalistic, unaffirming world. The Work is how we tend to these responses and create spaces for exhales. I also understand resistance to be a part of healing.
My canonical training is as a licensed clinical mental health counselor, with a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Chatham University and a Bachelor’s in English Literature and Gender/Sexuality Studies. However, much of my knowledge has come from lived experiences and on-the-ground organizing. Currently, I love co-conspiring with my organizing communities like Durham’s T4T Care Collective or OUTdoor Survival Skill-Building.
In therapy work:
I strive to decolonize tools from multiple canonical therapies that we never intended for us. This can include tools from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive processing for trauma therapy (CPT), internal family systems (IFS), somatic, and narrative therapies.
I specialize in working with folx navigating acute and chronic trauma, prolonged grief (including climate-, identity-, and system-related grief), identity development and empowerment (including neurodivergent, transgender, and queer experiences), and the ongoing impacts of systemic oppression, with a focus on developing adaptive and creative ways of surviving and responding to these conditions.
I’m a depth therapist, which means I attend to underlying emotional patterns, vulnerabilities, and meaning structures, while integrating practical tools that support stabilization, survival, and an expanded capacity to experience and process emotion.
In addition to clinical work, I provide continuing education trainings for mental health professionals, including trainings designed for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors (LCMHCs). These trainings translate clinical, theoretical, and embodied knowledge into structured learning experiences that include defined learning objectives, instructional content, and applied skill development. My CE trainings include topics such as transgender griefwork, feminist and liberation-based therapies, gender-affirming surgical support documentation, and carework under conditions of systemic harm.
Overall, I find myself co-collaborating with creatives, community organizers, caregivers, trans/gnc communities, and folx on the spectrum. If you are curious about how you, we, and us can get more free, please reach out below!
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