Dr. Dan Guerra

One fundamental of Dr. Guerra’s work is the mind-body-spirit connection. He sees many physical ailments as having a strong relationship to the ways people think. “Many who live with chronic pain or other medical conditions tend to hold on to a lot of stress that registers deeply in the body and the mind. This can contribute to depression and anxiety. Let’s say there is a back injury and a career is compromised, but working is  a strong part of this person’s identity. So now, frustration and anger sets in, perhaps fighting with a spouse or other loved ones, and taking a lot of pain medication. They seek medical treatment and need surgery  and maybe the surgeon needs to remove a vertebrae, or fuse their spine, and they’re still not back to work and they’re tense and  anxious and depressed. It’s a chicken and egg problem — the medical  problem may be upheld by anxiety and anxiety may exacerbate the medical problem. They may go back to their physician and have multiple surgeries because that may be all they know is available to them to deal with the problem.”

“We do not have to be slaves to our own minds. We can make changes at any time,” says Dan Guerra, Psy.D., a leading expert in behavioral change and stress management. Dr. Guerra’s innovative treatments help people emerge better versions of themselves so they’re more fulfilled in their personal relationships, successful in their careers, and they enjoy an overall improvement in the quality of their lives.

Dr. Guerra maintains a successful private practice and an active calendar as an executive coach. His breakthrough work in the corporate sector helps companies see the value in developing their employees across a matrix of departments and organizations. He has coached over 500 managers of top companies across the globe in leadership skills that include gaining personal awareness, influencing, and learning better self-regulation and self-management to be more effective leaders. “The connection between executive coaching and clinical work is that aspect of human nature that reaches for positive change and greater effectiveness,” he explains.  Dr. Guerra brings nearly twenty-five years of experience and distinguished academic accreditation to his work. Dr. Guerra received a B.A. in Psychology with an emphasis in behavioral and neuroscience research from Franklin & Marshall College. He completed his masters and doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has completed a certificate program with the  Executive Coach Academy in New York City, is certified in the WholeBrain Creativity NBI™ (Neethling Brain Instrument Assessments), and is qualified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator© (MBTI©), the Bar-on Emotional Quotient-Inventory (EQ-i©), and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI).  Daniel is a member of the ORGDYNE Coach Consultants Consortium. He was on staff as a rehabilitation psychologist at NYU Medical Center: The Rusk Institute from 2000-2003, a faculty member at The Albert Einstein School of Medicine from 2004-2011 and a consulting psychologist for Beth Israel Medical Center from 2004-2011. In 2001, he co-authored a manual that guides mental health clinicians on how to address the needs of first responders to disasters based on the events surrounding 9-11.  

In 2015, he co-authored the book From Stress To Centered: A Practical Guide to a Healthier and Happier You which is available on Amazon.”All of us experience stress daily on some level and often ignore the basic fundamentals of good self care. What does it mean to manage  stress well and care for oneself adequately? I want anyone who picks this book up to find something that resonates with them that they can easily integrate into their daily life,” Dr. Guerra explains. The practical tools in this book (in its final stages of edits, scheduled to be released in 2013) are the culmination of years of research, informed experiences, and decades of direct contact with individuals and groups to create a psychology of health and well being. The unifying goal in all of my professional work is to help others lead a richer, more satisfying life.”