Inward Bound Counseling, PLLC

I support people in feeling more at home in their bodies and within themselves particularly when traditional talk therapy has not fully reached the places that still feel activated, stuck, or unsettled.

What we often experience as anxiety, overwhelm, intrusive thoughts, or persistent internal tension can reflect a nervous system working hard to maintain safety. These responses are not flaws, but meaningful adaptations shaped by our lived experience.

Integrating somatic therapy with Internal Family Systems (IFS), my work invites a deeper listening one that includes the body, the nervous system, and the protective patterns that have helped you navigate your life.

Healing unfolds not through pressure or urgency, but through the gradual experience of safety, connection, and internal coherence.

Many people arrive to therapy already thoughtful and self-aware. You may understand your patterns, recognize where they began, and have talked about them at length — yet something still feels stuck.

This is not a reflection of something being wrong with you. Often, it is because the impact of chronic stress, trauma, and attachment wounds lives not only in the mind, but within the nervous system and body.

Research shows that when the nervous system has learned to stay on alert, it can shape everything from muscle tension and emotional reactivity to shutdown, anxiety, and hypervigilance often outside of conscious awareness. In these states, insight alone is rarely enough to create lasting change.

Healing begins when we gently include the body in the therapeutic process. Together, we slow down, listen to what your nervous system has been holding, and create the conditions for safety, regulation, and deeper transformation.

You don’t have to figure it out alone.

I’m Danielle Hatem, LICSW, a somatic psychotherapist trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), attachment-focused therapy, and nervous system–oriented care. I work with adults and couples navigating the effects of stress, trauma, relational injuries, and life transitions.

My work is grounded in the belief that symptoms are often intelligent adaptations, ways the nervous system learned to protect in the face of overwhelm or disconnection. Rather than trying to fix what is happening, we listen for what your system may be communicating and create the conditions for greater safety, flexibility, and ease.

Clients often experience me as warm, steady, and engaged. I pay close attention to pacing, consent, and the moment-to-moment shifts within the nervous system, particularly when working with trauma and attachment wounds. Therapy does not need to be forced to be effective; meaningful change often begins with feeling supported enough to slow down.

I view therapy as a relationship — one where you are not expected to perform, justify your experience, or move faster than feels right. We work at a pace your system can tolerate, allowing insight and embodied experience to integrate over time.

I provide somatic psychotherapy for adults and couples in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Florida, offering both in-person and online sessions.