DANIELLE ROESSLE, LCSW
From Career Coach to Chronic Illness Memoirist
Hi, I'm Danielle—a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), former career counselor, and now a memoirist writing about how unexpected chronic illness reshapes identity and what it means to live when life doesn't go as planned.
For more than ten years, I built a career counseling practice using the Inner Compass Process—a framework that explores childhood memories to reveal the patterns, values, and motivations that guide people toward meaningful and fulfilling careers.
In 2024, my life changed unexpectedly. Complications during childbirth caused me to lose kidney function, and I spent a year on dialysis, received a kidney transplant—and then it failed. Miraculously, my kidneys recovered just enough to keep me off dialysis and postpone another transplant—for now. That experience shifted everything—not just my body, but how I understood meaning, purpose, and navigating uncertainty.
I'm no longer providing career coaching services, but the Inner Compass Process is still available. You can access the methodology through my book, The Inner Compass Process, or work with a licensed practitioner trained in this approach.
Now, my focus has shifted to writing. I'm working on a memoir that follows two transformative years of my life. Each chapter tells a story in chronological order and then steps back to reflect, allowing the lessons and insights to emerge naturally. Through this process, I explore themes like forgiveness, justice, medical gaslighting, and acceptance—not as tidy ideals, but as lived experiences full of nuance, contradictions, and the ways life rarely unfolds according to plan.
If you're here looking for career support, the book and licensed practitioners can still help you. If you're interested in following my current work, I invite you to visit my author site at danielleroessle.com, where I share essays and reflections on chronic illness, identity, and navigating life without certainty.
Thank you for being part of this journey—whether you came for career guidance or have stayed through this unexpected turn. Both paths have been about the same thing: creating space to think more deeply about what it means to live with intention and authenticity.
More About Danielle
My Educational
Background
⚫ Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, CSW.09924380
⚫ Master of Social Work, Clinical Practice, University of Denver
⚫ Bachelor of Social Work, Community Practice, Arizona State University
⚫ EMDR/Brainspotting Trained
⚫ Somatic Experiencing/Level II Certification Completion
⚫ Global Career Development Facilitator Instructor (GCDFI), National Career Development Association
Association Affiliations
⚫ Somatic Experiencing/Level II Certification Completion
⚫ Global Career Development Facilitator Instructor (GCDFI), National Career Development Association
Follow My Writing
⚫ Follow My Writing: danielleroessle.com
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Access the Inner Compass Process
⚫ Purchase the book: The Inner Compass Process
⚫ Find a licensed practitioner trained in this methodology