Danielle Wunker

 I’m Danielle, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor with over 20 years experience. I work best with clients who are ready to look closely at their lives, understand the patterns that keep repeating, and do meaningful work toward change.

Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable, and high-functioning on the outside, but privately carrying trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, burnout, or the effects of difficult early experiences. I also work with medical professionals, therapists, first responders, and law enforcement personnel who may be accustomed to caring for others while having very little space for themselves.

My approach is warm, direct, relational, and trauma-informed. I’m not interested in offering surface-level solutions or rushing you through a process. We may explore where certain patterns began, how they continue to shape your relationships and sense of self, and what it would mean to respond differently now. That work can be uncomfortable at times, but it can also be deeply clarifying.

I believe you have inherent value, worth, and dignity, even when your own experiences have made those truths difficult to access. Therapy with me is a place to be honest, curious, and willing to examine what is no longer working.

My practice is intentionally private and offers a quiet, discreet environment, including a secluded waiting area upon request. I also provide clinical supervision for LCMHC and LCAS professionals.

I’m not the right therapist for everyone, and I this matters. I work best with clients who are motivated, reflective, and willing to engage deeply in the process. You do not need to have everything figured out, but you do need to be willing to show up honestly for the work.

Counseling 

I often use Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Trauma-Focused CBT, Psychodynamic Theory, Attachment-Based therapy, Polyvagal Theory , and EMDR. Together, we may explore where certain patterns began, notice what comes up in your emotions, body, and relationships, gently challenge old beliefs, and work through experiences that still feel unfinished or painful

Clinical Supervision:

I provide Clinical Supervision for LCMHC (formerly LPC) & LCAS in North Carolina. Feel free to contact me about supervision rates.

Education

Master’s of Science

East Carolina University
College of Allied Health Sciences in Clinical Counseling & Clinical Addictions

Master’s of Science

East Carolina University
College of Allied Health Sciences in Rehabilitation Counseling