In her private practice as a therapist, she assist adults and
couples. Incorporating a background from the Jean Baker Miller
Institute of Relational/Cultural therapy, and the latest training
in addiction research, she works closely and confidentially with
individuals seeking support with relationship difficulty, general
life dissatisfaction, family of origin issues, and attachment
fear.
In addition to individual sessions, she conducts retreats in the
Texas Hill Country for couples and for women. The "Ready to Heal"
retreats for women focus on healing damaging cultural beliefs that
affect sexuality and self-development and can lead to addictive
relationships. Issues of childhood upbringing, culture, and biology
affect the development of the sexual arousal template. Couples
retreats explore these dynamics with partners seeking a more
fulfilling, healthy and loving life. Retreats can be customized to
address: codependency, sex and love addiction and recovering
couples issues.
Additionally, she offers sensitive, specialized support to mothers
and parents committed to attachment parenting. Since important
neurological patterns are set in the first 18 months of life, she
sees parents as architects of their child's brain development. They
often need education and support with this critical task.
Professional affiliations include certification as a sex addiction
therapist (CSAT) from the International Institute for Trauma and
Addiction Professionals (IITAP), membership in the Society for the
Advancement of Sexual Healthy (SASH), membership in the Texas
Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, Licensure as a
Professional Counselor in Texas (LPC), National Certified Counselor
(NCC), and a Post Induction Trained therapist in the developmental
model designed by Pia Mellody.
Education includes an MA from Georgetown University in Washington,
DC and an MA from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas.
"McDaniel offers rich reflections into the myriad of issues facing
women sex and love addicts. Confronting cultural stereotypes that
keep women in their shame and providing a clear path of healing,
she uses her warm and perceptive insight to help women unburden and
break free from the insidious hold of addiction. Her identification
of "mother hunger" as a driving force for women sex and love
addicts is one of the many gems this book contains. Ready to Heal
is sure to become a classic for women struggling with addiction."
--Kenneth M. Adams, Ph.D., CSAT
Clinical Director of Kenneth M. Adams and Associates
Suburban Detroit, Michigan and Life Healing in Santa Fe, New
Mexico
Author of Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children
Partners and
When He's Married to Mom: How to Help Mother-Enmeshed Men Open
Their Hearts to True Love and Commitment "Nobody understands and
explains sex and love addiction in women like Kelly McDaniel. Ready
to Heal integrates compelling examples with clinical brilliance,
lighting a path to personal healing and healthy relationships. The
chapter on "mother hunger" is an invaluable work in and of itself.
Therapists like us as well as our clients will be utilizing this
powerful resource for many, many years to come." --Bill Bercaw,
PsyD, CSAT, CST & Ginger Bercaw, PsyD, CSAT, CST
Authors of The Couple's Guide to Intimacy: How Sexual Reintegration
Therapy Can Help your Relationship Heal "In a gentle and respectful
manner, Kelly invites any woman to honor her authentic self rather
than stay in the shame associated with behaviors that no longer
work to relieve emotional pain. Not only can the reader learn ways
to stop the addictive behavior, she can also discover how to
rebuild a healthier life that respects the difficult journey on
which many women have traveled." --M. Deborah Corley, Ph.D. Founder
and co-owner of the Sante Center for Healing
Co-author of Disclosing Secrets and Surviving Disclosure "Ready to
Heal brings a welcoming freshness to the tender arena of women who
struggle with addictive love and sexuality. Its affirming approach
clearly describes a woman's experience to find attachment and
meaning, even when those quests take her down a painful path. Most
importantly, Ready to Heal addresses the deep longing for maternal
nurture and offers practical ways to heal the mother hunger that
aches within." --Marnie C. Ferree, M.A., LMFT, CSAT
Director of Bethesda Workshops, Nashville, TN
Author of No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction "Ready to
Heal is a stunningly accurate account of what happens to a woman's
capacity for intimacy when early relational and childhood trauma
are not repaired. It sets the pace for female sex, love, and
relationship addicts who are ready to heal. A must read for
traumatized women committed to restoring their sexual integrity,
for those who love these women, and for therapists who treat this
population." --Alexandra Katehakis, MFT
Author of Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex While in
Recovery from Sex Addiction "Finally someone has put her finger on
the missing ingredient in sex and love addiction for women: the
concept of "mother hunger". McDaniel has captured both the problem
and the solution for women who struggle with dysfunctional
relationships. By following this book, readers will be able to
break free from these addictions, stay free, and heal." --Milton S.
Magness, D. Min
Author of Stop Sex Addiction; Thirty Days to Hope & Freedom from
Sex Addiction and Hope & Freedom for Sexual Addicts and Their
Partners "This groundbreaking book is a blood transfusion for love
junkies. For the first time, someone nailed "mother hunger" as the
pulsing heart of love and sex addiction. By doing so, she provided
me freedom from a lifetime of toxic relationships. Ready To Heal
created a roadmap to recovery, studded with gently lit landmarks
leading me home. Along the way, self-hatred morphed into
compassion. This book taught me how to love myself." --Rachel
Resnick
Author of Love Junkie and Literary Alchemist at Writers In Fire
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