Dan Piñon (they/them/elle)

My therapy approach is integrative, trauma informed, queer affirming, sex-positive, and anti-oppressive. As a somatic therapist, I use therapeutic brain-body approaches, such as brainspotting, to reprocess negative experiences and release the emotional/physical survival energy that was stuck within those experiences. It’s essential to approach ourselves with the compassion we were so often denied, and I will model this by never casting judgment on the ways you found to survive your past. Instead, I aim to honor the survival strategies that protected us for so long while gently opening the door to a new, adaptive way of living. I also incorporate tenets of brain science, somatic experiencing, sensorimotor psychotherapy, internal family systems, polyvagal theory, systems theory, and mindfulness into my practice. All are welcome in my space and ,with me, therapy will be a collaborative process where I hold you within the vast complexities from which you come.

My work is influenced heavily by my values of anti-racism, anti-capitalism, queer and intersectional feminist theory, fat liberation and disability justice. My therapeutic style is direct, relational and client centered- your mind/body have such wise intuition that will guide us where we need to go. I care deeply for community and have seen first hand the power of relationships on healing. This includes being mindful of how my own power and privilege enter the therapy space and the impact our interactions. I welcome direct discussion of systematic/institutional racism, systems of oppression