Director of Clinical and Residential Services
Florence Crittenton
Helena, Montana
Daniel currently serves as the Director of Clinical and Residential Services for Florence Crittenton Family Services. A farm kid from Ohio, Daniel believes in hard work partnered with care and nurture. He has worked for over 15 years in the mental health field and has served as a direct care staff, therapist, clinical supervisor, and clinical director in programs specializing in lockdown residential treatment, sex offender treatment, group home care, school-based services, and outpatient services. He earned his Masters of Arts in Counseling from Waynesburg University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Daniel specializes in childhood development and complex trauma work throughout the life stages. He is passionate about digging in and coming alongside the tough and complicated situations that so many experience. He and his wife stay busy after work chasing seven children and a variety of farm animals in an attempt to live simply but fully.
Daniel has spent the past decade traveling around Montana training audiences from many professional disciplines as well as interested community members and stakeholders. He enjoys teaching through storytelling gained from his experience in a variety of professional roles as well as lessons learned as a farm kid and a mistake prone human. His areas of expertise include trauma, secondary trauma, attachment, resilience building, child / human development, mental health and wellness, environmental considerations to trauma and mental health, sexual reactivity, and suicide prevention. He strives to make learning about all areas of mental health interesting, impactful, and meaningful to ALL groups of people.
F11 - The Harder Side of Helping
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MDT