Danielle Davis (they/them)

My Approach to Helping

My work as a somatic (body-centered) and attachment-focused therapist centers on supporting folks in re-finding home within themselves. I hold the belief that our bodies carry both the imprint of our wounds and the innate wisdom to heal them—and that because wounding happens in relationship, healing must, too. At this site of embodiment within safe relationship, profound transformation naturally occurs: wounding becomes self-knowing, constriction unfolds into aliveness, and pain transmutes into resource. Therapy is not a set of techniques; it is a living, breathing relationship—a space of attuned contact where your system can begin to rediscover safety, trust, and connection in real time. In the presence of another who truly sees and stays, the body’s long-held patterns can finally begin to soften. My foundational modalities are Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, Primary Attachment Therapy, and NeuroAffective Touch.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I work from a systems perspective that understands our individual self as being situated within & impacted by a nest of wider systems - generational, familial, societal, & global. These contexts - many of which have taken on oppressive qualities via the vehicles of settler colonialism, racism, cis-hetero patriarchy, & late-capitalism - impact us and the families we are embedded within profoundly; they inform how we experience ourselves in the world, imprinting our brains and our bodies, shaping us in often deeply unconscious ways. When we slow down and bring mindful, non-judgemental awareness to our here-and-now experience, subconscious patterns begin to reveal themselves, giving us the possibility to cultivate understanding, nourishment, resilience, and ultimately, transformation.