Intentions Therapy

Neuroq***r Connections welcomes you!

🌈🧠We host a bi-weekly virtual group that meets from 5-6:30pm EST every other Wednesday. This group fosters understanding and connection for those navigating the intersection of their neurodivergence, q***r identities, and race. Community meetings are facilitated by Kim Konopka, LCSW .therapy and Dani Sullivan, LCSW (me! )

✨ Group Sessions are hosted every other Wednesday evening for 90 mins from 5:00-6:30pm EST. We will be hosting groups from now until May 2025 and you can join at any point for a drop in session or multiple groups!

✨We are accepting applications all year! Group enrollment is open and ongoing, this means you can join Neuroq***r Connections for a single group, multiple groups, or every group in this year’s cycle. (Join us for a drop in session if you’re feeling shy, not sure of your schedule/capacity, no commitment required!)

✨We offer 2 registration options: short term commitment (1 drop in session) and long-term community commitment (for returning members). Both of these options are offered at a sliding scale between $55-100/ 90 minute group sessions.

✨Limited Pay-What-You-Can spots starting at $5 are available for participants of color. 50% of group spots are reserved for BIPOC.

💌 the FREE Neuroq***r Newsletter is a resource for all - Kim and I share updates, resources and all things neuroq***r via this email newsletter. If you are interested in following along, this is the best way to get regular updates on our conversations and links to resources. Newsletters are sent 2x a month! Subscribe at “Neuroq***r Group Links” in my bio 🔗

✨This group is an opportunity to connect with your neuroq***r kin, gain social support, resources and perspective navigating your world. If you are looking for affirming connection, please join us!

✨Accepting applicants from California, Illinois, Florida, New Jersey & New York 📍This virtual group is for you. Please share this offering with your community to spread the good word 💕

➡️ Apply at the link in bio, https://forms.gle/HCVrLUfqwtdQz15Y9 or by visiting intentionstherapy.com/groupofferings 🏳️‍⚧️🧠🌈

Today makes my solar return & I’m finding myself in awe of the fullness of the human experience. Birthdays remind me of just how much life can be contained in a single day. 🌞🌝

Despite the look of it, I am burnt out & taking a much needed break from social media. I’m wanting to leave you all with a simple yet vital message - it’s no small achievement to be here. Read that again. IT IS NO SMALL FEAT TO BE HERE.

Try and give yourself credit for finding your way to this present moment. &&& if it’s isn’t too much to ask, try try try to be kind to you. Self compassion makes recovery a hint easier; and let’s take all the hints we can get ✨

I’ll be away from my socials for a while, but still be very much so present and enthusiastic about my practice .
I am focusing the spoons I do have on working alongside my beautiful and inspiring clients, cultivating and co-facilitating Neuroq***r Connections with .therapy and caring for my full system to sustain this life giving work. 🫀🌀🧠

You can find me slowly transitioning away from heavy social media updates and towards long-form additions to my blog and email updates via the Care Mail newsletter. If you aren’t already, subscribe to follow along and access my free resource bundle. Find everything at the usual place! 💌

If you want to offer yourself the gift of healing this summer, get yourself or a loved one a signed copy of my book “intention”, or consider welcoming in the support of a therapist or coach to accompany you on your inner travels 🧭🌌

If you resonate with my work, explore my website @ intentionstherapy.com (I have regular openings for individual therapy, relationship coaching, & professional consultations, including a few limited sliding scale spots!) Reach out today for a free 30 min consultation to discuss your needs ❤️💻

May the warmth of this season wrap you up, remind you of your connections, and restore your commitment to caring for yourself. 🌻
Sending you lots of love,
Dani

Neuroq***r Connections welcomes you!

🌈🧠 This is a bi-weekly virtual group that meets from 5-6:30pm EST every other Wednesday. This group fosters understanding and connection for those navigating the intersection of their neurodivergence, q***r identities, and race. Community meetings are facilitated by Kim Konopka, LCSW .therapy and Dani Sullivan, LCSW (me! )

✨ Group Sessions are hosted every other Wednesday evening for 90 mins from 5:00-6:30pm EST. We will be hosting groups from May 2024-May 2025 and you can join at any point for a drop in session or multiple groups!

✨We are accepting applications all year! Group enrollment is open and ongoing, this means you can join Neuroq***r Connections for a single group, multiple groups, or every group in this year’s cycle. (Join us for a drop in session if you’re feeling shy, not sure of your schedule/capacity, no commitment required!)

✨We offer 2 registration options: short term commitment (1 drop in session) and long-term community commitment (4 or more sessions). Both of these options are offered at a sliding scale between $55-100/ 90 minute group sessions.

✨Limited Pay-What-You-Can spots starting at $5 are available for participants of color. 50% of group spots are reserved for BIPOC.

💌 the FREE Neuroq***r Newsletter is a resource for all - Kim and I share updates, resources and all things neuroq***r via this email newsletter. If you are interested in following along, this is the best way to get regular updates. Newsletters are sent 2x a month! Subscribe at “Neuroq***r Group Links” in my bio

✨This group is an opportunity to connect with your neuroq***r kin, gain social support, resources and perspective navigating your world. If you are looking for affirming connection, please join us!

✨Calling applicants from California, Illinois, Florida, New Jersey & New York 📍This virtual group is for you. Please share this offering with your community to spread the good word 💕

➡️ Apply at the link in bio, https://forms.gle/HCVrLUfqwtdQz15Y9 or by visiting intentionstherapy.com/groupofferings 🏳️‍⚧️🧠🌈

Intentions for pride 2024 & blessings for today’s new moon in Gemini✨♊️🌑🌈 if you are looking for q***r affirming healing services, I have a few open 1:1 spots for therapy/coaching and we are accepting new members (open & rolling admission) for our virtual Neuroq***r Connections Groups! Let’s heal together🏳️‍⚧️All information can be found in the usual place 💘

NEUROQUEER NEWSLETTER 🧠🏳️‍🌈
Subscribe for updates & resources at “Neuroq***r Connections Group Links” in bio!

💥 Neuroq***r Connections Group has launched! Kim & I have poured our heart into building this virtual group offering for LGBTQIA+ & Neurodivergent Adults. We were thrilled to host our first gathering last week.

☂️ We spent time exploring access needs, introducing ourselves, getting to know one another, & sharing expectations for our time in community

💌 Our Neuroq***r Newsletter aims to share updates and resources with group members AND any neuroq***r person interested in this work.

🔔We started this resource newsletter as an act of collective care. Please subscribe and share it widely!

💐We invite you to share this newsletter with your community as we hope these emails disseminate helpful resources and serve as a sample of what participation in Neuroq***r Connections might look like, for anyone wondering if our virtual groups are a good fit for them.

🔗Group enrollment is open and ongoing so if you’re interested in joining us, apply at the link in bio!

📅 Our next group is May 29th! We meet bi-weekly on Wednesdays from 5-6:30pm EST / 2-3:30pm PST

*double check your spam and mark our emails as safe to make sure your updates arrive as you’d like 🌸

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You can’t solve it on your own and you weren’t meant to! Curious about the possibilities that could arise if you had MORE care? More affirming community? Consider this your invitation to explore “Neuroq***r Connections” - a virtual group therapy offering beginning May 15th, 2024 (next week!) 🗓️ Kim & I can’t wait to meet you & heal in community. Learn more in my “Neuroq***r” story highlight, the link in bio, or intentionstherapy.com/groupofferings ***r

Community is the answer! Neuroq***r Connections is a virtual group (starting in 2 weeks on May 15th!) fostering connection for folks at the intersection of neurodivergence, q***r identities and race. We meet biweekly for 90 mins on Wednesdays at 5:30pm EST. Apply today to join our compassionate and affirming community. 🏳️‍⚧️let’s meet & heal together🏳️‍🌈Everything at the link in bio! Intentionstherapy.com/groupofferings

Vulnerable share: I have had to unlearn SO MUCH of my education & clinical training to bring my work into greater alignment with my values.

I am curious about what messages care workers and therapists have internalized about self disclosure & the impact this has on our experiences of professional exhaustion, compassion fatigue & burnout. 💭

Are you a Therapist or care worker with burnout experience? Share your experience through the “Therapist Burnout Survey” at the link in bio

Seeking affirming community at the intersection of Neurodivergence and LGBTQIA+ identity? Apply to join the Neuroq***r Connections Community!
We can’t wait to meet you & heal in connection 🧠🏳️‍🌈

You can read my full article “From Masking to Embracing Visibility: All we must unlearn in order to heal” for free at intentionstherapy.com/blog ✍🏼

May we continue to cultivate spaces that cherish our vulnerability, tend to our wounds, and allow us to connect through our grief.

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Stillness. Easeful silence. Fertile darkness. Rest. Welcome tears if they come. Compost whatever you have outgrown. May you feel wrapped in a caring embrace of your own creation. 🦋🐛🌱🐢🐌

Neuroq***r Connections is a bi-weekly virtual group that meets from 5-6:30pm EST every other Wednesday. This group fosters understanding and connection for those navigating the intersection of their neurodivergence, q***r identities, and race. Community meetings are facilitated by Kim Konopka, LCSW and Dani Sullivan, LCSW (me!).

✨ Group Sessions begin May 15, 2024 and end May 15, 2025. Meeting every other Wednesday evening for 90 mins.

✨Applications are live! Group enrollment is open and ongoing, this means you can join at any time for a single group, multiple groups, or every group in this year’s cycle.

✨We offer 2 registration options: short term commitment (1 drop in session) and long-term community commitment (for returning members). Both of these options are offered at a sliding scale.

✨This group is an opportunity to connect with your neuroq***r kin, gain social support and perspective navigating your world. If you are looking for connection, please join us!

➡️ Apply at the link in bio, https://forms.gle/HCVrLUfqwtdQz15Y9 or by visiting intentionstherapy.com

Kim and I have been dreaming up and building this group offering for the last year, and it’s finally available to our community! 🏳️‍⚧️🧠🌈

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Grief is medicine. Healing asks for time, space, ritual, silence, tears, gathering. These conditions allow us to process our heartache, listen to our pain and offer ourselves nourishment. Grief is the antidote to hardened hearts. It is a softening. A settling into our human condition.

🌈 Working with Neurodivergent LGBTQIA+ clients will be the topic of next Mental Health Collaborative Meeting 💻

Im thrilled to be in conversation with my peer and friend on how we practice neuroq***r affirming care. 🏳️‍🌈🧠 Are you a therapist, mental health provider or care worker looking to explore these intersections? We will be introducing client centered and identity informed practices that prioritize client informed consent and provider self-examination 🛋️🏳️‍⚧️take this as an invitation to explore therapy outside of the pathology paradigm and medical model ✨

Join us next Friday, March 13th, 2024 at 12:00 noon EST. You can RSVP for this free virtual event at compasslgbtq.com/mentalhealth

Shoutout to for cultivating community spaces for care workers to connect through our vulnerabilities and identities. I feel indebted to this collective for the gift of radical friendships and collaborators like 🪷

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Slowing down and listening inward is the focus of January's newsletter.
Dani invites you to offer belonging to your wounded parts, through a guided meditation.

Navigate Change with Self-Compassion: Intentions Therapy's January Update I don’t know about you, but I can’t believe we are in the final days of January. The new year can be loaded with pressure to embody a ‘new you’ and set lofty goals... so in this newsletter, I’d like to invite you to drop the societal expectations about what you ‘should be doing’ and to...

✨My WFH Wall ✨
1. Me after my client said “all your art is back on the wall!”
2. “We are not free until everyone is free” from by
3. “Get in g**s, we’re going to therapy” Barbie print by “Change is uncomfortable, keep putting in the work” doodles & an ENBY merperson by yours truly
4. Thich Nhat Hahn quote “We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness” by
5. “You are q***r enough” another beautiful piece by ; handpainted Hamsa, and flow art by me (anyone else love the modality? Flow art is a lesson in letting go of control)
6. 2 antiques that I inherited from my grandparents: Cupid drawing a bow framed in gold & a 10 person bicycle made in 1896 by Orient Bicycle Company
7. My embodied private practice cohort certificate; my state license; & another flow canvas by me
8. mascot 🕊️ the Roseate Spoonbill painted by & a Bojack Horseman classic
9. My pin collection. Stay tuned for a reel sharing this collection I have gathered over the last decade!
10. My home office wall & a mirror selfie wish for peace to you and yours ✌️

A new year is the perfect time to unlearn the pressure and intensity behind goal setting and dig into the good stuff.

How can you drop societal expectations about what you “should be doing” and center into the truth about your desires?

Here are some tips to help you get started:

🪩 if you feel pressured to have everything figured out, slow down and listen to your body.

🪩 if you feel disconnected from your purpose, cultivate space for rest. Listen to your inner voice. Allow yourself to daydream.

🪩 if you feel blue or hopeless, offer compassion to your wounded parts.

🪩 if you feel lonely and long for connection, allow yourself to feel this hunger, and set hopeful intentions for your relationships.

🪩 if you feel overwhelmed and fearful about the future, remember that you are enough right now, as you are.

🪩 no matter what you think you should be doing, give yourself permission to move towards what feels right for you 🤍

The beginning of a new year can be FULL of so much. Know you are not alone.

If you are looking for guidance and support on your journey toward self compassion, clarity and authenticity; I have a few regular spots opening up in 2024 for individual therapy, professional consultation, or relationship coaching.

Reach out at the link in my bio for a FREE 20 min consultation to see if working together is right for you 🤍

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A gathering of glimmers from the transition between fall and winter 🍁❄️

On Transgender Day of Remembrance the LGBTQIA+ community shares a sacred opportunity to gather in our grief, to remember trans and gender non conforming individuals whose lives were lost this year in acts of anti-transgender violence.

When we look directly at our losses, we remember how fragile life is. How temporary we are. Grief allows us to feel the full breadth of our human experience. Reading the names each year of trans individuals lost to anti-transgender violence, we lift up our heads in reverence. Grieving as a community honors our trans siblings lost and affirms the existence of trans folks still here, fighting for our rights.

There is real importance to holy days like trans day of remembrance. The necessity of time, space, ritual, silence, tears, gathering. We need to grieve. To feel into our body’s pain. To notice our heartbreak. To be broken open by the truth.

May we find strength to feel the fullness of our pain. May we remember without turning away. May our grief fortify our commitment to one another. May we honor those lost with acts of justice and radical love. May our pain deepen our resolve to protect one another. May our tears affirm our right to exist.

is one of the many beautiful ways that the transgender, non binary, genderq***r, and gender non conforming community has found to grieve together. To gather in power and hold one another in the face immense oppression, loss and violence.

This is q***r medicine for the world. 🤍🏳️‍⚧️

Exciting news! I have relocated to Chicago, IL, and has a new home base in the Windy City.

I am immensely grateful that I am able to continue to work with clients located in Florida as a licensed clinical social worker. I am proud to announce I am now licensed in both Florida and Illinois!

Even more exciting news: I have a few regular spots on my calendar opening in the next few weeks. These spaces are limited & book quickly. If you are interested in my services, reach out before spots fill.

About my services:
🌸 Individual Therapy - My therapy practice serves individuals looking for clarity and guidance in addressing mental health symptoms, trauma, and emotional disregulation. My practice is q***r-centered, neurodiversity affirming, and non-pathologizing. I work predominantly with q***r and trans individuals that are healing from complex trauma and minority stress. I offer therapy services in Florida & Illinois!

🌸Professional Consultation - are you a professional, looking to unmask and embody your authentic truth? I offer consultation services for clinical professionals, care workers, educators, therapists, creatives, or service organizations. Virtual Consultation services are available to clients worldwide.

🌸Relationship Coaching - improve your communication, set healthy boundaries & connect deeply with your people. Relationship Coaching Services are available for romantic and sexual relationships, friendships, consensual non-monogamous relationships, and familial relationships. Relationship coaching sessions are available worldwide.

🌸Group Coaching Offerings-
I host virtual group coaching sessions to facilitate interpersonal healing and community care. In 2023, I offered intentional healing groups as well as neuroq***r groups and It was a dream to heal in community with so many brave individuals 💕 groups are currently paused as I settle into my new home & work routine. I will be continuing group offerings in 2024 so stay tuned by following and subscribing to my newsletter at the link in my bio

If you are looking for a sign to start your healing journey, reach out today. Link in bio

September is Su***de prevention month & I have made it a daily practice this month to consider (look unwaveringly in the direction of) su***de within the LGBTQIA+ community and to bring to light some simple protective factors and preventative measures that deeply support LGBTQIA+ folks. Trigger warning for info about su***de rates in the Q***r community ⚠️

To sum it up: Suicidal ideation, su***de attempts, and death by su***de disproportionately affect LGBTQIA folks, especially individuals who are multiply marginalized (trans and GNC people, q***r people of color, neurodivergent LGBTQ folks, bisexual individuals and disabled LGBTQ people).

Su***de Prevention = Access to Gender-Affirming community, spaces, and mental and physical health care.

At risk q***r youth are 40% less likely to attempt su***de if they have access to at least one accepting adult.

Simple respect and basic human kindness go along way in preventing su***de among the trans and gender nonconforming population. This looks like listening deeply, respecting peoples name and pronouns, and advocating for policies and practices that allow self-determination (like being able to change your name and gender marker on legal documents).

Think about your LGBTQ neighbors: how can you offer this type of affirmation and acceptance to just one member of your community?

Access to safe home, school, and community spaces that promote LGBTQ acceptance and visibility is su***de prevention.

is the leading su***de prevention organization for LGBTQ youth. & Thetrevorproject.org offers comprehensive and up-to-date research on the ways the q***r community is disproportionately at risk for su***de, as well as resources to support prevention. Follow to learn more about their work and to access free crisis counseling 24/7 365 that is confidential and q***r informed.

Thanks for being here. Thanks for being q***r. Your very presence is a gift to the world. I’m so glad you exist. 🌸

Sending big love to my q***r & trans siblings that are no stranger to su***de. May you feel wrapped in warmth and care. 🏳️‍⚧️🩵 Dani Sullivan, LCSW

🌸🕊️🌊🍯⛴️🕯️ Scenes from my Sketchbook! Swipe for a peek into my brain and some encouragement to get creative yourself! What might you want to express? ✍🏼 see what becomes next time you have a pen and some paper 🩵 follow for more

I’m healing from complex trauma, chronic overwhelm, & minority stress. Are you? ❤️‍🩹🧠
These are my go to steps to support my mind, body and spirit when I feel overcome with trauma I have endured, or intense stress & anxiety.
1. Drink a full glass of water and take a shower or bath 💧🛀 (temperature is a helpful regulation tool for me, check in with your basic needs - food, water, light, movement, rest)
2. Remind myself it’s okay to rest and move at a slower pace. 💗🐌(Here is where I notice myself rushing and take a few moments to slow myself down, and speak gently to myself, offering permission)
3. Find ways to meet my body with gentle movement and full deep breaths🧘🏻‍♂️🌬️ (stretch, dance, stim, sway, follow a guided meditation or progressive muscle relaxation)
4. Plant seeds of hope and invest in community 🌱🫂🤗 (imagine, dream, and hope. See what steps bring you closer to your desires. Connect with the right people along the way!)
5. Reconnect with sources of love and relationships that nourish my spirit 🕊️🥰(reach in to your people and ask for time, space or support, reconnect with any reminders of the love and joy in your life)

Sometimes we just need gentle reminders. ✨Try these steps and let me know what helps in the comments!

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Check the link in my bio for a whole bunch of resources & to get connected.

Being in connection with since January has brought so much compassion and joy to the publishing process. Seeing our books next to one another and being able to meet in person and take our friendship from emails, texts and video calls into the real world. Thank you for your companionship throughout this process. It made “becoming an author” and vulnerably sharing my stories something much more approachable and meaningful 📚May our words reach whomever needs them and resonate with many ✨

excavate your wounds.
migrate on the
wings of
tears.
uncover. mend. build.

(Found while packing my office. I tore this sheet out of a National Geographic magazine and used my siblings typewriter to add the poem. 2018 Dani’s words resonated today so I thought I would share)

It’s okay to feel. Okay to cry. Look deeply into your wounds and see where you migrate ❤️‍🩹💧🕊️

Much love to everyone. Blessings as you uncover, mend and build 🤍 from Dani

I am delighted to announce that I will be in California for a few days next week and Tiffany and I will be celebrating our book launch! and I connected towards the end of the writing process, and our relationship has been so healing and generative. Join us for a gathering of friends at to have a meal, get your own signed copies of Tiffany’s book “Inner Child” and my book “Intention”, discuss writing and self expression, and gather with community. If you are able to join us next Thursday, please send me a DM so I can count you in 💗

Gratitude 🌈 Celebration 🎉 Togetherness 💗 Community ✨(& a whole lotta love) was felt at the “Intention” Launch Party on Friday - if you’re looking for a sense of connectedness and clarity, gather the people you love and share your intentions. Talk about your desires for the world, your relationships, and yourself. 🤍 thank you to all who came to support and be together! Your care is felt and I am immensely grateful for each of you. 💗

Join us for a Be Seen & Bear Witness Pop-up next Wednesday July 26th at from 6-8pm at monthly Pride Business Alliance hosted at my fav bookstore . 🦋 .chappe and I (Dani from ) are still selling our original “be seen” and “bear witness” masterpieces and merch that we are donating 15% of profits to 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

🦋personal & professional update: I have decided to postpone future Neuroq***r group enrollment until further notice to tend to my body and mind. I am intentionally practicing recognizing my limits and needs, even when they are inconvenient, as this practice allows me to pace myself and sustain my work. Please stay tuned for future group offerings, and resources available through 🤍 I do have some limited availability for individual therapy or coaching sessions, and I have an upcoming book that will be released next month! You can pre-order “Intention” on my website and at the Link in my bio. Thanks for your support 🤍

Join to q***r therapist named Dani, who serve LGBTQ clients in Florida on live MONDAY July 3rd at 10am EST 💗🌈 we will be chatting about being ***rtherapists and serving clients. Dr. Dani from will dive into their therapy practice and creative ways she serves the Jewish LGBTQ community. Dani Sullivan, LCSW from will share about their neuroq***r group offerings and how that has changed their approach to working with clients. ✨Both clinicians will discuss how they care for self and sustain this work in the face of minority stress and increasing anti trans legislation.

Meet Me Through My Mentor, Dr. Tina Vitolo, DSW, LCSW 🥹

[ID: The text is about Dr. Tina Vitolo, a mentor of Dani Sullivan, who is described as vulnerable, honest, and kind. Dani is praised for pushing through challenges and gaining a deep understanding of themselves. They are commended for their internal work and healing abilities, particularly within the LGBTQA+ community. The text emphasizes that describing Dani's qualities doesn't do them justice, and even as Dani's clinical supervisor, Dr. Tina learned from them. Additionally, there is a mention of Dani Sullivan being a therapist, author, social worker, and founder of Intentions Therapy. A link is provided to access Dani's full bio.]
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How do we work with fear of the unknown? 👀
Sense inward. Look into yourself and try and get cozy. This happens when we bring light inwards and look at our shadows, explore what’s inside us with acceptance and compassion.
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