Hi, I’m Danielle Kammerzelt Andrews, Experienced, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina

Dog Rescuer, Wildly Curious Over-Thinker, Life Re-inventer, Former Business Chick, Hiker, Snowboarder, Barefoot Lovin Wanderer, Trauma Transformer.

Althea and Munchie, my current animal companions

My why…

I believe just about anything is possible when you (1) heal from and let go of the things keeping you stuck, (2) find the right connections, (3) build emotional resilience, and (4) develop the right mindset.

After a shit ton of hard work, help from amazing therapists, and maintaining a solid vision (dream life), I’m endlessly grateful and living a life I once hoped was possible.

To be honest, I wasn’t always sure that the “live your best life” was a thing, at least not for me. Complex Trauma and certain life events have a way of creating chaos and sucking the joy out of your life and relationships.

Fortunately, a therapist changed my life (went through a couple of bad ones). I mean…MIND BLOWN, so much so, after 12-years in the business field, I changed careers to become a therapist. For the last 15-years, it’s been truly inspiring to help others experience freedom, happiness, healthy relationships, live an awesome life, and find relief from fear and chaos.

As your therapist, you’ll find me to be real, authentic, edgy at times, honest, witchy but not woo woo, and occasionally funny. It’s my number one goal for you to feel safe, seen, heard, and understood! I want you to bring all the parts of you to our sessions so that you can move forward, with zero judgement.

“When our deepest wounds become our greatest gifts.”

Qualifications + Counseling Background

Years in Practice: 15

License: LCMHC #10381

Contact: Danielle Kammerzelt Andrews dk@mountainmindfulnesscounseling.com

Work History:

  • 12 - years in People Resources, Mediation, Labor Relations.

  • 16 - years as a Trauma, Anxiety, and Addiction/Recovery Therapist:.Negative self-talk, low self-worth/confidence, self-harm, suicidal ideation, grief/loss, bullying, work stress, personal stress, relationship stress.

  • Nearly a decade as a Parent / Family Coach, traveling the country to facilitate solution-focused paths forward.

  • 4 - years as an In-Patient Therapist for addiction treatment, relapse prevention, and mental health.

  • 3 - years working with non-verbal autistic children.

  • 3 - years volunteering and advocating for Restorative Justice.

  • Former Clinical Director and Executive Director in Treatment Settings and Transitional Living.

Education and Advanced Training:

  • BA, Psychology, Carthage College, Kenosha WI

  • MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Wilderness Therapy Track, Naropa University, Boulder CO

  • EMDR training via EMDRIA

  • Complex Trauma Certification Training: A Strengths-Based Approach

  • Basic and Advanced in AIT (Advanced Integrative Therapy)

  • Certified Family Trauma Professional Intensive

  • Personality Disorders Certification Training: Advanced Diagnosis, Treatment and Management

  • Treating Complex PTSD with IFS

  • Solution and Attachment Focused Parent Coaching

  • Structural Dissociation Training: Healing the Whole Self

Values and the Path to Freedom

  • Belonging

    “I long, as does every human being, to be at home, wherever I find myself.” - Maya Angelou.

    Belonging involves coming home to the magic that exists all around us. A magic likely masked by pain, protection, and insecurities. Without connection, pieces of us die inside and no one deserves to feel or be alone.

  • Gratitude

    “It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.” -Eeyore

    Gratitude is an active, day-to-day practice, continuously scanning for what is going well, what’s right, and what’s good! According to research, it’s one of the key things to help you achieve greater happiness.

  • Courage

    “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” -John Wayne

    Courage is trusting ourselves and others, letting go of control, transforming negative beliefs, living our values, and saying no in order to take good care of ourselves.

  • Empowerment

    “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being positive about what could go right.”

    Empowerment is taking ownership over our actions and impact, facing our F.E.A.R. (false evidence appearing real), and asking ourselves, “what is my part in helping things go well”.

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“Change happens for one of two reasons, you’re hurting enough that you have to, or you’ve learned enough that you want to.”