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Dream Identity Counseling

As a counselor , I acknowledge individual challenges and provide creative and holistic approaches to

Danesha Ward-Simmons, LMHC, NCC, CFTP is the owner and founder of Dream Identity Counseling. Services provided are:
Individual and Group Counseling, Coaching Services, Business Wellness Consulting, Public Speaking and Art-to-Heart art therapy technique and release groups.

12/11/2025

What do you do when you’re feeling warning signs of burnout?… Well, I ran to 2025! The dichotomy of being certified in Expressive Art Therapies and creating experiences for Art-to Heart is that the artistic role of me is in so much usage, I sometimes dismiss my free will to pour into my personal creative cup; the restoration aside of the servitude.

🎭Today, I encourage you to lean into perspective shifting. I use art therapy to enhance emotional awareness such as create visuals of your worldview, see the beauty in the heartbreaks and the will to recreate new narrative outcomes. I’m holding you accountable while also holding myself to this same standard of creative perspective flow.

🎨🧠 task: Instead of just seeing the art displayed here, pause and reflect… what do you perceive?

11/24/2025

This Gratitude Week, honor your “code”….your past and present that has curated a coding no one else gets to create or duplicate. What causes you to switch that?

Example:
My street smarts & my book sense
My wisdom & my discernment
My dainty femininity & my firm mannerisms
My emotional intelligence & my critical thinking skills
My artistic viewpoints and & psychological perceptions
My Memphis slang & my webster’s finest vernacular
They all coexist to define my “True Self”

Authenticity is cultivating your own code. Instead of adapting to the environment, “Be the code and watch the environment shift the atmosphere for you.”

Thanks to for having me speak at this year’s Soul Recharge event to highlight the importance of workplace and employee wellness for burnout prevention and recovery.

11/19/2025

To each presenter, panelist and participant that showed up in the room, your presence created the atmosphere of the Rooted in Wellness Summit. Thank you for trusting the vision, for leaning in to the unknown, executing the foundational “Roots” of this movement and taking away the assurity of what each of you cultivated for Men’s Holistic Wellness.

A humongous and humble thank you to my partner on this venture, There was no moment where you downplayed my grand ideas or challenge where you asked me to settle. From the moment of the pitch, you pushed!! Your wisdom, your leadership, your extension of yourself to serve in this journey has been a fire that keeps lighting the visionary matches of the Rooted Movement.

Together, we all put ROOTS in the ground. Let’s watch how far the branches extend and the fruit blossom in the wind!

11/18/2025

To the Sponsors of the Rooted in Wellness Men’s Summit,
A sincere & loud Thank you for offering your time, services gifts and expenses to make our 1st annual event a success!

If you didn’t get to contribute this year, we’re already accepting donations, sponsor packaging and giveaways for next year… why, because Rooted 2026 is already locked in!!!!

11/04/2025

🌿Meet the Panelists of the Rooted Men’s Wellness Summit
No fluff, just real man talk! Join the men of Rooted for open, honest conversations about the daily navigation of manhood from all walks of life.

They’re diving into:
💪 Athleticism & personal growth
🌍 Community, identity & leadership
🔁 Recidivism & rebuilding
🍃 Substance use & wellness
🤝 The search for authentic brotherhood
🧠 Su***de awareness, triggers & prevention

This is your space to connect, reflect give feedback and grow together.

‼️ We’re just one week away and registration closes soon!**
🎟️ **Grab your free ticket today** and meet them in the room! 🔗 in bio to register or register on Posh.Vip

Details:
🗓️When: November 15, 2025
⏰9:30am -4:30pm
📍Patel College of Global Sustainability
4202 E. Fowler Ave.
Tampa, Fl 33620

11/03/2025

🌿Meet Jai Butler, licensed financial life insurance broker, financial strategist, and the presenter for *Financial Wellness* at the Rooted Men’s Wellness Summit. 🌿

🌍💰November is bringing big shifts in the financial landscape & the fall season reminds us that change is constant, but you don’t have to navigate them alone. Jai’s message is to empower men to take charge of their financial present and future. She gives you tools and real strategies to protect, properly plan and prosper!

🎟️We’re only two weeks away! Have you registered yet? Click the 🔗 in bio!

🗓️When: November 15, 2025
⏰9:30am -4:30pm
📍Patel College of Global Sustainability
4202 E. Fowler Ave.
Tampa, Fl 33620

10/29/2025

Adequate care is learned! There has to be an atmosphere of safety within the environment to create “a safe space” for vulnerability. Our responses and reactions can shift the atmosphere of “safety.”

✨Context about Paul Dunaway, white early Middle aged man in law enforcement with a doctorate in counseling; empathetic but stern or treating others in adequate care.

🌳The Rooted Men’s Wellness Summit was created due to the lack of safety men have within society to just be, exist and explore the essence of vulnerability.
The question is, are you willing to join the atmosphere of safety?
🔗 in bio to register for the Rooted Summit or register on Posh.vip.

10/24/2025

🌿Meet Scott, Author, Licensed Mental Health Therapist, Veteran and the presenter for *Veterans’ Wellness* at the
Rooted Men’s Wellness Summit

💬🇺🇸Scott is passionate about sharing his journey of life transition after active duty. He will share insights on societal reintegration, emotion management and life management skills for veterans and how you can better support the veterans in your life.

🌳Don’t miss this the opportunity to cultivate your being aside of your role of doing. You’ve stood in the gap for others, give yourself permission to show up for YOU!

10/21/2025

🌿Meet Jirod Webb, yoga instructor for USF’s basketball & football teams and the *Physical Wellness* presenter at the Rooted Men’s Wellness Summit
🧘‍♂️ Start your day with Mindful Morning Yoga on the field as Jirod guides you through intentional movement, stillness and the power of consistency for long-term physical wellness + discipline.
✨The value of strength is in the flow of the small executions that lead to your bigger accomplishments.

✅ Register for the Mindful Yoga exercise to join the session 🧘‍♂️Bring a mat or towel 🌅 Experience the morning flow outdoors on the lawn of USF 🚿 Space available to freshen up or change after

10/20/2025

As heavy as life may be, the seasonal mood shifts and the weight of the government/society changes, here’s a reminder to find your intentional happy.
🧠Your brain needs a reminder that you actually enjoy dopamine.
💡Don’t lose your light in all of the heaviness!

*side note, we both worked in cooperate healthcare as mental health therapists in a residential facility…& while navigating trauma of teenagers, this is how we made it through the day, intentional laughter for mood regulation✨

📸: .isabelphotography

10/16/2025

🌱ROOTED: Men’s Wellness Summit

🗓️When: November 15, 2025 | 9:30am -4:30pm

🎤 What to Expect:
A full day gathering designed to support men across all dimensions- spiritual, emotional, physical, social, occupational, mental, financial and veteran wellness

✨Highlights Include:
Insightful talks by Donald Lewis, Taj Mahal, Jose Vega, Coach B, Jai Butler and Scott Mananigham
and Danesha Ward
🧘‍♂️Mindful Morning Yoga
🧠Tools for holistic growth, healing and purpose
🌳Fellowship and Community Building

📍Presented by:
Dream Identity Counseling
The Gentlemen’s Course, Inc.

🎓Sponsored by: University of South Florida Patel College of Global Sustainability

🔗Register Here: https://posh.vip/e/rooted-mens-wellness-summit

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+17543007197

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