Danielle Mansfield, MFT Intern
Marriage and Family Therapist Intern
About Danielle
Danielle is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern at Connections Counseling Services who is passionate about helping people heal, grow, and create more meaningful lives and relationships. She has a particular interest in working with women, clients from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, and individuals healing from betrayal trauma.
Danielle also enjoys working with children, adolescents, couples, and families. She believes therapy can provide a safe and supportive space to better understand ourselves, make sense of the experiences that have shaped us, and discover new possibilities for healing and growth.
What to Expect Working with Danielle
Danielle’s therapeutic style is thoughtful, compassionate, warm, and collaborative. She genuinely enjoys getting to know people and creating a space where clients can feel both accepted as they are and supported in becoming who they want to be.
She believes that people have a remarkable capacity for healing and change. Using evidence-based practices, Danielle helps clients better understand their emotions, relationships, and patterns; work through painful experiences; and move toward lives that feel more authentic, connected, and joyful.
Specialties and Clinical Interests
Danielle works with individuals of all ages, couples, and families, and has a special interest in:
- ADHD
- Adolescent mental health
- Anxiety and depression
- Betrayal trauma recovery
- Race, culture, and minority issues
- Shame and self-worth
- Women’s issues
Danielle believes that whatever our past has held, healing is possible—and that greater connection, meaning, and hope can be created in the present and carried into the future.
Therapeutic Approach
Danielle draws from multiple evidence-based approaches and tailors therapy to the needs, strengths, and goals of each client, including:
- Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy
- Attachment Based Family Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Gottman Method
Danielle is especially drawn to the power of story. Each of us carries a story shaped by our relationships, experiences, culture, challenges, and hopes. She uses therapy to help clients understand the stories that have shaped them while recognizing that the past does not have to determine the future. Her goal is to help clients develop greater agency in their lives and move forward with clarity, confidence, and hope.
Education and Training
Danielle is currently completing her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Touro University Worldwide. She also holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Brigham Young University.
Her varied educational and life experiences contribute to her curiosity about people, relationships, culture, and the many different paths people take toward meaningful and fulfilling lives.
Location and Availability
Danielle sees clients at the Murray office and offers in-person / telehealth / hybrid options.
A Little About Danielle
Outside of work, Danielle loves spending time with her husband, Ty, and their five children. She enjoys cooking and baking with her kids; recent kitchen adventures have included homemade donuts, crullers, and English muffins. She also loves studying languages, traveling, going on walks, swimming, and watching British murder mysteries.
Danielle is half-Samoan and has a particular appreciation for the ways culture, family, and identity shape our experiences. She is passionate about the experiences of Pacific Islanders and about helping create spaces where women and people from historically underrepresented communities feel heard, understood, and empowered.