Advancing Asexuality, Advocacy, and Social Justice in Psychology

My name is Danielle L. Hall. Here’s some information about me:

  • ASU Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student

  • Passionate about advocacy and social justice

  • I aim to advance research, education, and clinical practice that centers asexuality.

  • My theoretical orientation is integrative, and draws on person-centered theory, intersectional feminism, multiculturalism, and liberation.

  • I believe in creating an empowering therapeutic alliance that acknowledges systemic influences on mental health and honors the unique lived experiences of every client.

“And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition…”

- Mary Church Terrell (1986)

Asexuality Research | Social Justice & Advocacy | Teaching & Mentorship | Empowering Clinical Practice

Research Interests

  • Focus on asexual experiences, particularly intersectionalities and how they influence mental health, wellbeing, relationships, and identity development.

  • Explore how multicultural and liberation-focused frameworks can inform inclusive research practices.

Clinical Practice

  • Committed to supporting neurodivergent individuals and individuals navigating trauma

  • Utilizing a therapeutic approach that emphasizes cultural humility, empowerment, and social justice.

Higher Education

  • Contribute to counseling psychology by supporting curricula focused on multicultural and liberation-focused-practices.

  • Teach, mentor, and inspire students to advance inclusive practices.

Advocacy Work

  • Driving systemic change by advocating and supporting inclusive, multicultural, and liberation-focused practices that empower individuals and communities.

  • Promoting the integration of multicultural orientation as well as supporting deep-structure integration of multicultural principles in research, education, and clinical applications.

  • Mentoring future psychologists to embrace advocacy as a core component of their professional identity and their contributions to society.

  • Help to shape public policy that addresses mental disparities, systemic oppression, and social inequity.

  • Contribution and support in social justice initiatives.