Daniel Ahearn

Daniel J. Ahearn, LMFT, is a psychotherapist, longtime meditation teacher, and author of The Way Back Home: Healing Attachment Wounds with Your Teen. He has spent more than a decade in attachment-based work with teens, fathers, and families. He practices in the Bön tradition and lives with his family in East Los Angeles.

Recent Articles

Are Dharma and Therapy “All One Thing”?

Attachment repair and the Tibetan preliminaries both change us through repetition. Here’s therapist and Bön practitioner Daniel Ahearn on what they share, and where they part.

How to Be Honest With Yourself

False positivity erodes truth and intimacy. Daniel Ahearn offers a path toward honesty.

Let the “Nine Breaths of Purification” Clear Your Mind and Open Your Heart

Daniel Ahearn, LMFT, shares an article and accompanying video on the how and why of a practice he says offers "a gentle revolution, a way to clear what weighs us down, to reconnect with the body, and to remember that every breath offers a chance to begin again."

Parenting Teens with Presence

Therapist Daniel Ahearn offers five ways to support and connect with your teenage children.