Danielle Brown has been a member of the practicum education faculty since 2012. She is currently an associate teaching professor in the Virtual Academic Center. Previously, she served as a visiting clinical associate professor in practicum education and taught courses in practice, human behavior and mental health, and grief and loss at the University Park Campus. Brown currently serves as faculty advisor to the USC School of Social Work Trauma Response and Recovery Student Caucus.
Prior to her field education post, she was a school clinician at Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services in Los Angeles, California. In this role, she designed and supervised a field practicum for Master of Social Work students from USC and UCLA.
Brown has extensive experience working with children, adolescents and adults managing severe mental illness, autism spectrum disorders, substance-use recovery, chronic pain, grief and loss, and trauma.  Her clinical training includes a post-graduate fellowship at the Reiss-Davis Child Study Center in Los Angeles. She is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, is an Approved EMDR Consultant, and is a board-certified dance/movement therapist.
In her private psychotherapy practice, Brown works with individuals, groups, and communities, emphasizing the importance of the body in recovering from trauma and the inherently healing nature of dance, movement, and creative expression. She presents nationally and internationally on these topics in addition to trauma-informed practices in social work education.