https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/about daily 0.75 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/91bc58e0-18ae-4846-8bdc-9944f8adc990/professional+picture.jpg About - Meet Danielle J King, LPC Owner and Therapist Danielle King is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a Nationally Certified Counselor. She earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Florida International University and her master's degree in Marriage and Family Counseling from Governors State University. Danielle has over twelve years of clinical experience working with individuals, children, couples, and families. Her work experience includes outpatient, residential, crisis response, and community-based therapeutic services. Danielle specializes in areas of anxiety, depression, relationships, infidelity, systemic issues, trauma, LGBTQ+, life transitions, stress management, and women’s issues. She provides couples therapy to those experiencing relationship challenges through utilizing integrative and empirically supported treatments such as the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. She utilizes a variety of techniques and modalities in practice including, but not limited to, attachment-based therapy, strengths-based therapy, insight oriented, play therapy, and mindfulness techniques. She nurtures a strength-based and collaborative treatment setting where cultural differences are honored and respected. Through such approaches, clients build resiliency and healthier coping skills through understanding how their experiences impact their ability to navigate relationships and life stressors. She believes that understanding one’s experiences facilitate the creation of secure, lasting bonds between in relationships and increases closeness, connection, and security. https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-05-21 https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/home daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced8e1d5fd4c700018dd761/1561907800739-KPLG47SEYE493UI2O24B/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_844920.jpg Home - Invest in your relationship with yourself We all have a tendency to put others first, but in doing so, we can sometimes neglect our relationship with ourselves. Let me be your advocate and show you a kinder, gentler way to treat the most important person in your life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced8e1d5fd4c700018dd761/1559080328316-G6PK6CXBE07NEM0XAHCH/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_844923.jpg Home - Improve your relationship with others Be your best self, alone and with others, and cultivate deep and lasting friendships and relationships. https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/therapyservices daily 0.75 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/1649545745505-T1HP6A72O55O3RK3NTWW/unsplash-image-DokE5D4GbDk.jpg Therapy Services - Manage Depression, Life stressors, and work-life balance Struggling with feeling unmotivated or getting out bed in the morning? Learn how to manage your depression in a way that leaves you feeling more hopeful and connected with self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/1649545828198-C8EODKY7BCD9VHEVNTSZ/unsplash-image-BCyfpZE3aVE.jpg Therapy Services - Recover from infidelity and betrayal It's common for couples to seek counseling after an affair. In a supportive, judgment-free space, therapy can help you and your partner recover from infidelity. We will process what happened, move towards repairing trust and safety in the relationship, and help you both navigate the healing process through learning new skills and ways of communicating with your partner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/1649603034989-5NLKS1YRXZOB531YBYFA/unsplash-image-LdJrAEnYDa0.jpg Therapy Services - Address and Heal from Family Conflict Family conflict can come in many forms, as well as feelings and emotions we did not know we had. Our families often bring up the most intense emotions we experience and impact the way we show up in other relationships. Whether you and your family are dealing with financial issues, marital problems, grief, chronic illness, or behavioral health concerns, family counseling can help. Family counseling requires the cooperation of everyone in the family and can provide an excellent opportunity to strengthen familial ties and interactions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/1649603074713-SE3IJV2OTHLRNBFXHJHT/unsplash-image-23KdVfc395A.jpg Therapy Services - Heal from trauma Living with trauma can often feel suffocating and triggering, as one may stay in survivor mode just trying to navigate their daily lives. Trauma can impact your daily functioning and how you show up in relationships. Learn how to heal from trauma and feel safe moving forward, while building healthier relationships with self and others. https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/workshops daily 0.75 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/1649601507901-TC3X28CE5HX7KA14FX6G/unsplash-image-8SgQM_F0m_I.jpg Workshops - Seven Principles to Making a Relationship Work In this 3-day online program, couples are provided with practical tools to enhance and improve their relationships while understanding the research-based foundation from which the tools and skills are derived. This program does not provide psychotherapy nor is it intended to take the place of marital therapy, but it does provide practical skills in psycho-educational format that can help couples strengthen their relationships. This program is appropriate for couples contemplating engagement, for pre-marital couples, and couples who have been together or married for decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/1649601853505-CYWMWE7WMBRZUX0R4H51/unsplash-image-j4kR7-tWE2M.jpg Workshops - Hold Me Tight Workshops The Hold Me Tight program can help you and your partner in the following ways: Improve your relationship by strengthening your bond Better conflict resolution and positive problem solving as well as co-operation around key issues such as financial difficulties or parenting Better mental health – less depression, less anxiety Better self image Better physical health thanks to improved immune functioning. Secure adults have better relationships. They are more empathic to others, and better care-givers. They also know what they need and understand how to ask for support when the going gets tough. A responsive, caring bond with your partner provides the emotional balance needed to deal with life's challenges – from everyday problems to major crises such as a global pandemic. The Hold Me Tight program is the only program found to both improve relationship satisfaction and foster a more secure bond. This online version is based on the only model of brief couple intervention validated in over 20 outcome studies demonstrating long term positive results. https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/support-groups daily 0.75 2026-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/1649602040806-PMFVSVIP9UFPTN92P3Q6/unsplash-image-HvZDCuRnSaY.jpg Support Groups - Women’s Support Group Struggling with divorce? Exhausted from managing multiple roles in your life? This is an online group for women that will meet weekly for 12 weeks. This group was created for women to find support among peers and connect with others who struggle with similar shared experiences. Advance registration is required and registrants must be committed to the full 12 weeks. Group begins on June 3, 2026 and takes place on Tuesdays from 6-7pm. Sign up now to reserve your spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/1649602217571-UHNGFZBDEITFZWSUBEZP/unsplash-image-NK-N6coeI5Y.jpg Support Groups - Supporting the Protectors This group is designed for professionals working in CSAM, investigations, trust and safety, digital forensics, law enforcement, and related fields who are seeking support in processing the emotional impact of exposure to traumatic content and high-stress work environments. Advance registration is required and registrants must be committed to the full 12 weeks. Group begins on June 3, 2026 and takes place on Wednesdays from 6-7pm. Sign up now to reserve your spot. https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/home-1 daily 1.0 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6250688298ba0b41d71c26eb/1649603978429-LZZFG53MCXQ8OG7618EH/unsplash-image-SACRQSof7Qw.jpg Home - Feeling lost, unheard, and disconnected? You are not alone! Authentic Connections Counseling and Consulting, LLC is a psychotherapy practice that provides attachment based and culturally appropriate therapy and consultation services to individuals, couples, and families to address relationship distress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life stressors. ACC&C’s goal is to create a healing and trauma-informed space where you feel comfortable sharing and processing your lived experiences. ACC&C strives to create a holistic and empowering practice that supports everyone’s mental health journey to build the life you deserve! https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/get-started daily 0.75 2022-07-11 https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/get-started/p/relationship-with-youothers-7fmyd monthly 0.5 2019-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced8e1d5fd4c700018dd761/1560190004400-XTA0DF0S9WOZJUG994C8/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Original_845035.jpg Get Started - Relationship with You+Others https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/get-started/p/relationship-with-others-w5x9p monthly 0.5 2019-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced8e1d5fd4c700018dd761/1560189982811-KFAJF1TCUH1SXZ827UMC/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_844923.jpg Get Started - Relationship with Others https://www.authenticconnectionscc.com/get-started/p/relationship-with-you-kmtw8 monthly 0.5 2019-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced8e1d5fd4c700018dd761/1560189874730-3B0TSLDUHTQ93497V3L8/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_844934A.jpg Get Started - Relationship with You