Inna Danieli LCSW, LLC

07/20/2024

Resorces for parents from the author

Explore impactful resources from our aligned organizations and individuals, including books, Substacks, classroom curricula, and parent guides. You can filter these resources by the child’s age and topic area. All materials aim to assist young people, parents, educators, and legislators roll back ...

07/17/2024

Please read this book

From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood

07/17/2024

What therapists can do to help restore the play-based childhood

11/09/2023

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11/09/2023

https://time.com/6332107/compassion-fatigue-risk/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc&utm_campaign=newsletter+health+default+ac&utm_content=+++20231108+++body&et_rid=206198212&lctg=206198212

In a world of 24/7 bad news, everyone is at risk.

04/22/2023

After being in a stall for a week, Kody (white horse with the adorable dots) joined his herd wearing soft-ride boots on his front feet. Last week he was diagnosed with laminitis- it is treatable and we caught it on time. This morning he was besides himself out of excitement to be outside in the pasture.

04/20/2023

Better than the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of fulfillment.

Happiness is a fleeting emotion. Sometimes we're happy and sometimes we're not. I don't think the goal should be to be happy all the time. That's doesn't feel real or realistic.

Fulfillment, on the other hand, can be a sustained and built upon. Fulfillment is when we use our strengths to contribute toward something more important than our own lives. We can have hard days and challenging moments. We can even feel unhappy and fulfilled at the same time.

When we surround ourselves with people who care about us and we care about them; when we each use our strengths to contribute to something we value and something bigger than ourselves, even and especially if it's hard to do... the result is a feeling of fulfillment.

01/16/2023

January 2023 update on the herd.

11/29/2022

Update on the move of the horses.

11/24/2022

Update about the horses: Kody, Snow and Master are moving to the new barn in West Milford on the morning of the upcoming Sunday 11/27/22.

11/13/2022

As many of you know by now, my wonderful equine specialist Donna Lombardi is moving to Florida. I am in the midst of adjusting and developing a new setup for the equine facilitated therapy program that Donna and I have developed in the last 2.5 years at the Whispering Pine Farm in Sparta.

10/07/2022

Last night I had a chance to present equine facilitated learning and its applications in therapy with children and adults. This short video summaries what horses can teach us.