Dani Jacoby is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Trauma Informed Yoga and Meditation Facilitator, Writer, and Advocate. The owner of Mend Counseling + Wellness, Dani provides individual and couples therapy, trauma informed movement, workshops, and groups for women of all ages. To find out more about Mend, click here.

Dani specializes in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, women’s health, and highly sensitive people. She holds specialized training and experience in working with survivors of sexual assault and abuse, as well as with the associated somatic experiences of complex trauma. As a former high-level gymnast, Dani additionally has a niche specialty in working with others who experience the long-term emotional and physical impacts of the sport.

Dani obtained her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy from Antioch University, and her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies from California Lutheran University. She holds 15 years of experience in the mental health and healing fields, previously working in a number of settings including residential, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization programs, recovery centers, non-profits, and community mental health. She is additionally the former Founder of an organization that provided mentorship, advocacy, and consultation to schools, youth outreach programs, adolescents, parents, and educators.

Dani approaches her work with immense intention, empathy, intuition, and warmth with the mindset of fostering expansiveness and healing through integration of the mind and body. With the mantra of “exploration rather than expectation”, she fosters a space for experiences that may not have had a dwelling place previously, to be tended to in newfound and meaningful ways.