Danielle Saunders MFT

SpecialtiesDanielle is a blend of grounded Mother-Earth energy and a creative visionary portal of the Divine Feminine mystery. She masterfully applies both her scholarly mind and deep intuitive heart-knowing to understand each client and to assess their unique needs and possibilities. She accompanies all ages, young children to adults, men and women, on the journey to wholeness through the use of presence, expressive arts, talking and meditation practices. Danielle has a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology and Expressive Arts Therapy from California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, 2000. This rigorous program submerged her in arts-as-a-healing-agent, equipping her with the extensive and subtle knowledge of layering arts techniques, modalities & mediums. Additionally, she was educated with a foundation of Transpersonal Psychology, the blending of humanistic psychology with spirituality, mindfulness and embodiment. Danielle began her training in Fine Arts as a child, learning to draw and paint at age 7. As a life-long student of the arts, she has trained in still life & life drawing, acrylic & oil painting, ceramics, photography, print-making, fabric arts, book-making and mixed-media collage. As a