Daya Deuskar (she/they)

As a queer and trans therapist, a majority of my past and present clients belong to the LGBTQ+ community. I bring critical theory perspectives around feminism, queerness, race, and disability to all my work and help marginalized clients find deeper empowerment in the richness of their identies and experiences where previously they may have been pathologized— I want to offer clients a restorative experience from past harms we may have experienced in less culturally competent treatment settings.

I have completed approximately a year of trainings in Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy at the Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center. I was previously employed for a years and a half in providing high-intensity child-centered family therapy services, with an emphasis on queer & trans, neurodivergent, and first-generation immigrant/diaspora families. I always adapt my assessment to meet the needs of marginalized families in an anti-oppressive manner.

I have received over 90 hours of training in Internal Family Systems Therapy from the IFS Institute in Oak Park, IL. I completed my IFS Level 1 training in January 2022 and have been practicing IFS in various capacities a life coach, supervised intern, and supervised therapist since 2021 since starting my training journey. I am deeply committed to this model as my central frame of reference for all my therapeutic work, and bring IFS-informed perspective into all treatment approaches.

I specialize in working with complex trauma stemming from experience in both childhood and adulthood, including experiences of abuse, neglect, sexual exploitation, discriminiation & oppression (racial, sexual, gender, religious, neurotype, etc.), and lack of treatment and accomodation. I work with the Parts of your psyche hanging onto traumatic burdens that are desparate to be laid to rest. My goal is to help you find a reprieve after what may be a long time simply powering forward for survival.

Whether you have ADHD, Autism, or AuDHD— I am a neurodiversity-affirming provider who supports clients in learning to identity just as many strengths and skills found in their neurodiverse traits as there may be challenges you are seeking support around. I help you find the accommodations and adaptions necessary for you to begin thriving as a neurodiverse person built exclusively for neurotypical people. This is a space where you are encouraged and celebrated in unmasking.

As one of very few transgender women licensed in the State of Pennsylvania (let alone the country!), I am here to offer trans, non-binary, & gender-diverse clients across the spectrum the perspective of an insider— something our cisgender allies take for granted often. If you are seeking a safe(r) space to have in-house conversations about transgender identity, oppression, and discrimination— I am here for you. I write WPATH letters for surgery & HRT. I have limited pro-bono capacity.