# Will Daddario Counseling and Consulting PLLC

> Will Daddario, MA, PhD, MEd, LCAS, LCMHC, provides professional counseling for individuals in Indian Trail, Charlotte, and across North Carolina. Specializing in anxiety, complex trauma, and life transitions, I offer a unique therapeutic space that goes beyond standard talk therapy. My approach integrates clinical expertise with "performance philosophy," helping clients re-examine the "scripts" of their lives to find new ways of being and relating. Whether you are navigating professional burnout or deep personal change, I provide a collaborative environment to help you move forward. Now accepting new clients for in-person and telehealth sessions. Book your initial consultation today to begin the work of change.

## Pages
- [/home](https://www.willdaddario.com/): The professional website for Will Daddario, PhD, LCAS, LCMHC | Therapy & Clinical Consulting
- [/invisible-college-pedagogy](https://www.willdaddario.com/invisible-college-pedagogy)
- [/performance-philosophy](https://www.willdaddario.com/performance-philosophy): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [/professional-materials](https://www.willdaddario.com/professional-materials): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [/teaching_learning](https://www.willdaddario.com/teaching_learning)
- [/to_grieve](https://www.willdaddario.com/to_grieve)
- [/to-grieve-podcast](https://www.willdaddario.com/to-grieve-podcast)
- [About Me](https://www.willdaddario.com/about-me): Meet Will Daddario, PhD, a scholar and practitioner exploring the intersections of philosophy, performance, and mental health. Discover his work on theory and practice.
- [Blog](https://www.willdaddario.com/blog): Explore critical perspectives on mental health, depth psychology, and clinical theory. Engaging with negative dialectics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and the intersection of somatic suffering and society.
- [Complex Diagnostic Consultation](https://www.willdaddario.com/complex-diagnostic-consultation): Specialized clinical consultation for complex mental health cases, misdiagnosis, and diagnostic discernment. Elevate your care with deep-dive case conceptualization that looks beneath standard administrative labels to find true clarity.
- [Contact](https://www.willdaddario.com/contact): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Counseling](https://www.willdaddario.com/counseling): Expert mental health and addictions counseling in Charlotte, NC. PhD-level clinical care with Will Daddario, LCMHC, LCAS. Specialized, evidence-based support.
- [Publications](https://www.willdaddario.com/publications): Academic monographs, edited volumes, and essays by Dr. Will Daddario. Exploring the structural intersections of performance philosophy, theatre historiography, critical theory, and clinical counseling.
- [Therapy for Therapists](https://www.willdaddario.com/fortherapists): Clinical consultation and professional development for therapists. Join Will Daddario, PhD, for advanced supervision and training in psychotherapeutic theory.
- [Therapy Resource Finder](https://www.willdaddario.com/therapy-resource-finder): Explore a curated collection of essays, books, and practice resources on grief, burnout, and critical theory. Use our interactive Resource Finder to discover tailored readings for your current focus.

## Blog Posts
- [The New PDA](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/the-new-pda): Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) turns a nervous-system response into an internal character defect. Pervasive Desire for Autonomy turns it into a liberal assertion of will. Both miss what is happening in plain sight. Here is how we can reframe PDA through relational, somatic, and structural language to actually support neurodivergent kids.
- [OCD: Performing Doubt?](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/ocd-performing-doubt): I have completed a 14-hour course on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, which defines the malady as a matter of profound doubt. OCD, the creator of the course says, comes down to doubt that produces fear, which then, in turn, drives compulsive or ritual acts and stokes obsessional, often intrusive, thoughts. While I learned a lot and am already integrating insights into my clinical practice, I’m starting to have my own doubts about that founding premise.
- [Imposition and Identity](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/imposition-and-identity): An investigation into imposition, coercion, and neurodiversity through the lens of critical theory and modified Lacanian psychoanalysis. A critique of John Dall'Aglio's dual-aspect monism that re-frames demand avoidance, OCD rituals, and daily social scripts.
- [Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/rejection-sensitive-dysphoria): An investigation into Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), ADHD motivation, and neurodiverse masking. Combining qualitative research with Lacanian psychoanalysis and Michel Foucault's theory of power, this essay re-frames RSD as a structural response to systemic social imposition.
- [The Poetry of Jay Wright](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/the-poetry-of-jay-wright): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Wright's slip (Part II)](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/wrights-slip-part-ii): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Wright's "instant": temporality as qualitative viscosity](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/wrights-instant-temporality-as-qualitative-viscosity): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Wright and the Magic Circle](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/wright-and-the-magic-circle): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Wright and the Magic Circle (Part II)](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/wright-and-the-magic-circle-part-ii): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Dream Journal](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/dream-journal): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Dream Journal (part 2)](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/dream-journal-part-2): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Wound/Wound (wind/wind)](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/woundwound-windwind): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Nehinuw Pedagogy and Philosophy](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/nehinuw-pedagogy-and-philosophy): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Trump and Ubu Power](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/trump-and-ubu-power): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Thoughts on Two-Spirit People](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/thoughts-on-two-spirit-people): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [∧ADIEU ∧DIEU ∧P∧, Indeed](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/adieu-dieu-p-indeed): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Letter to Senator Tillis: Vote Against Jeff Sessions](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/letter-to-senator-tillis-vote-against-jeff-sessions): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- ["Pedagogy": What's in a word?](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/pedagogy-whats-in-a-word): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [​HOLDING SPACE & SITTING WITH GRIEF](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/holding-space-sitting-with-grief): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [“DEAD RECKONING”: FINDING ONE’S WAY AMID LIFE’S CHALLENGES](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/dead-reckoning-finding-ones-way-amid-lifes-challenges): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Ritual and Everyday Life](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/ritual-and-everyday-life): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Full STEAM Ahead](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/full-steam-ahead): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Podcast from Inviting Abundance](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/podcast-from-inviting-abundance): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Write Brightly](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/write-brightly): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [New Podcast Episode: Ceremonial Grief Concert](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/new-podcast-episode-ceremonial-grief-concert): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [What about Everything?](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/what-about-everything): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [The Task of Nothing](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/the-task-of-nothing): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Classical Bellyflop Series, vol. 1: νόμος](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/classical-bellyflop-series-vol-1-nomos): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [To repeat (yet again)](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/to-repeat-yet-again): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Repeat yet again (Classical Bellyflop Series, vol. 2)](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/repeat-yet-again-classical-bellyflop-series-vol-2): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [[Notes for:] How to Attend: From Nursing to Teaching](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/notes-for-how-to-attend-from-nursing-to-teaching): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [How to attend: from nursing to teaching](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/how-to-attend-from-nursing-to-teaching): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Notes on acceptance (ἡσυχία)](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/notes-on-acceptance-sikhia): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [What of No?](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/what-of-no): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [With grief, acceptance (ἡσυχία)](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/with-grief-acceptance-sikhia): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Eulogy for Mary Overlie](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/eulogy-for-mary-overlie): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Can We Talk About Grief?](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/can-we-talk-about-grief): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Desire and Addiction](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/desire-and-addiction): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- ["Come to Treatment!"](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/come-to-treatment): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Get out of your head](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/get-out-of-your-head): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [On not liking asparagus](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/on-not-liking-asparagus): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Objects to Ancestors](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/objects-to-ancestors): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Wrong-handed Hope](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/wrong-handed-hope): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Self-Portraits (through the eyes of others)](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/self-portraits-through-the-eyes-of-others): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Voodoo Doll Group: on self-defeat and self-destruction](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/voodoo-doll-group-on-self-defeat-and-self-destruction): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Gedankenexperiment: Give me your phone!](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/gedankenexperiment-give-me-your-phone): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Addiction and the Titanic](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/addiction-and-the-titanic): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Time travel or how healing happens?](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/time-travel-or-how-healing-happens): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [How laughing heals](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/how-laughing-heals): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [To get better, we need better questions.](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/to-get-better-we-need-better-questions): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [Therapy as 3-Body Problem](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/therapy-as-3-body-problem): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [The Seeable and the Sayable](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/the-seeable-and-the-sayable): Therapy insights, philosophy, and in-depth writing from Will Daddario.
- [The Problem of the Oak Tree](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/the-problem-of-the-oak-tree): It is often said that therapy is a "helping profession," a self-evident pursuit of relief and betterment. But what if therapy’s apparent self-evidence is exactly what prevents it from working?
- [Beyond the Repair Shop](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/beyond-the-repair-shop): The future of therapy calls for an “Art of the No,” a rejection of the administrative control of the living. Any cure produced within an exploitative wellness industry is no cure at all; it is merely a successful recalibration of the psychic apparatus to better endure exploitation.
- [Eating Disorders as the problem of Being | Having](https://www.willdaddario.com/p/eating-disorders): Will Daddario explains his theory of eating disorders through an analysis of the problems of Being and Having a body.