Ours are bodies shaped by refusal, grief, and fierce joy —
we show the world where it breaks, and we make those breaks into openings.

~in the lineage of Stryker, Halberstam, Clare, Lorde, and all those who’ve made beauty from fracture.

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.

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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. In other words, I specialize in carefully moving into the deep with folx facing acute and chronic traumas, bringing in adapted tools to empower folx to stay alive and feeling.

In customized trainings, I teach with multiple learning styles and engagement—both virtually and in-person. I believe education is an essential form of power-sharing where we can redistribute, adapt, and create new beliefs and skills. Lectures have included but are not limited to: transgender griefwork, intros to feminist and liberation therapies, gender-affirming surgery letter writing, and carework under fascism.

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!