Danyelle Mei Kaplan

AMHSW, MSW, BA (Hons)

Dan Mei Kaplan (they/them) is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, psychotherapist, and the founder of Magkasama Therapy. They are a member of AUSPATH, AASW, Lilly Pilly Counselling Consortium, and Open Dialogue Psychotherapy. Dan is non-binary and brings both lived and extensive professional experience as a queer, mixed race, neurodivergent person to their work.

Dan’s practice is grounded in anti-oppressive, healing-centered care. They have a special focus on supporting people of all genders, sexualities, and intersex variations (LGBTQ2IA+). They believe that healing happens in connection, not isolation, and that community and collective care are essential parts of this work.

They are committed to standing with BIPOC communities and centering the voices and needs of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and South Sea Islander peoples. Their areas of practice include working with LGBTQ2IA+ youth, gender diversity and transition care, trauma, family and relationship violence, power dynamics, burnout, homelessness, grief, and survival.

Dan sees therapy as a partnership, not a top-down dynamic. They start by listening to what matters to each person and by creating a space that feels safe and respectful. Their approach combines response-based practice, narrative therapy, somatic work, and trauma-informed care, always guided by anti-oppressive, intersectional, and decolonizing ethics.

Dan’s practice is all about creating spaces where people can show up as their whole selves and feel supported in whatever healing looks like for them. They believe in a bigger vision of healing justice that is anti-racist, anti-ableist, queer-affirming, body-neutral, sex work-positive, and abolitionist. Their work comes from a deep belief that care should be for everyone and that healing is both personal and political.