Meet Danielle Sheppard

Therapist, educator, speaker, and compassionate coach for adults, couples, parents, clinicians, and organizations.

Danielle's Work

Danielle Sheppard is a California Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who provides compassionate, evidence-based therapy for individuals, couples, or parents experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, career-related stress, or other significant life changes.

 

Her neuroaffirming work supports late-identified autistic, ADHD or AuDHD adults, whether formally diagnosed or not. She also supports parents and partners seeking deeper understanding and more useful ways to respond.

 

Her grief work supports people living with loss and draws upon her experience as a Certified Grief Educator and Certified Grief Coach.

 

Her relationship and life-support specialties include relationship rupture and repair, forgiveness, parenting, fertility, life transitions or career-related concerns.

 

Across her services, Danielle provides LGBTQ+-affirming care and respects the lived experiences, relationships, and communities each person brings.

Danielle's Approach

Using a neurodiversity-affirming, client-centered, and trauma-informed approach, Danielle tailors care to each client’s needs. Her work draws from attachment theory, psychodynamic therapy, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, and spiritual psychology.

 

Danielle’s goal is to provide an inclusive, supportive environment where emotional and cognitive experiences are held, seen, understood, and respected.

Education & Credentials

Danielle holds a Master of Science in Counseling from San Francisco State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Her professional roles and credentials include:

  • California Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

  • Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS)

  • Certified Grief Educator*

  • Certified Grief Coach

  • Certified Autism Specialist

  • Psychology professor

  • PESI continuing-education instructor

  • Certified Provider of PEERS

*A Certified Grief Educator is committed to providing the highest level of grief support through education, experience, and insights into the often unacknowledged rocky terrain of grief. 

Certified Grief Educators completed a certificate program designed by world-renowned grief expert, David Kessler. They bring his unique methodology, tools, and decades of experience to help people navigate the challenges of grief.

Danielle's Specialties

Late-Identified Autism

Support for autistic adults seeking deeper self-understanding and practical support.

ADHD

Affirming support for adults exploring how ADHD affects their needs and daily lives.

Grief and Loss

Individual or group support for people living with significant loss.

LGBTQ+-Affirming Care

Care that respects LGBTQ+ lives, relationships, families, and communities.

Couples

Support for communication, relationship patterns, rupture, repair, and forgiveness.

Parent Counseling

Support for parents of neurodivergent teens or adults.

Career Counseling

Support for career changes, professional growth, values, and workplace fit.

Anxiety

Individual support for understanding and responding to anxiety.

Depression

Care for people experiencing depression or disconnection.

Life Changes

Support during changing relationships, roles, responsibilities, or circumstances.

Fertility

Compassionate support for fertility-related experiences and loss.

Professional Consultation

Education for therapists developing more affirming and informed practices.

Ask About Working Together

Danielle offers individual therapy, couples therapy, parent counseling, and career counseling.

Individual Therapy

Support for anxiety, depression, grief, relationships, life changes, career concerns, or the emotional effects of late-identified autism or ADHD.

 

Couples Therapy

Support for communication, relationship rupture and repair, forgiveness, changing needs, or the ways neurodivergence may affect a relationship.

 

Parent Counseling

Support for parents seeking to understand and affirm a neurodivergent teen or adult child.

 

Career Counseling

Support for career decisions, professional growth, workplace concerns, values, or creating a working life that fits.

Bring Danielle’s experience to your audience

Danielle offers keynotes, workshops, continuing education, and professional training across distinct subject areas.

These include neurodiversity, grief, LGBTQ+-affirming care, relationships, career development, and workplace growth.

© 2026 Living Careers. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions