About

DANI PROFFITT

M.Ed., LPCC-S, MFT

  • My Credentials

    - Licensed Clinical Counselor with a Supervisory Designation 

    - Marriage and Family Therapist

    - Certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    - EMDRIA Approved Consultant ​

    - Owner of Pathways Family Counseling

    - Co-Owner of Root & Rise Education and Training Institute

    - Certified in Reiki Level 1 

    - Trained in Holotropic Breathwork

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  • My Experience

    With over a decade of experience in the mental health field, I’ve worked across community mental health, schools, and private practice. Early in my career, I supported children, adolescents, adults, and couples through a wide range of challenges, drawn to the process of helping people reconnect with themselves and their capacity for growth.

    As my work evolved, so did my understanding of healing—recognizing that true change often requires care for both the mind and body. This realization inspired me to expand into wellness offerings, integrating practices that support regulation, embodiment, and nervous system balance alongside therapeutic work.

    In addition to my clinical practice, I’m deeply passionate about supporting professionals through supervision, consultation, and training, helping others develop confidence, clarity, and alignment in their work.

    At the heart of everything I do is a belief in growth, integrity, and the ripple effect that occurs when we heal—within ourselves, our relationships, and the larger systems we touch.

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  • My Approach

    I believe healing happens in relationships — when we feel seen, safe, and supported to explore the parts of ourselves that have learned to protect, perform, or disconnect. Our work is collaborative; you are the expert on your life, and I’m here to walk beside you with curiosity, compassion, and honesty as you reconnect with your inner wisdom.

    My approach is trauma-informed and developmentally aware, helping us understand how your experiences and stages of life have shaped your nervous system, relationships, and sense of self.

    Through an attachment-based lens, we’ll explore how early connections influence the way you trust, love, and relate — gently uncovering patterns that once kept you safe and building new ways of experiencing closeness and security.

    Using EMDR and parts work, we’ll support your mind and body in integrating experiences that once felt overwhelming, bringing clarity and compassion to the pieces of your story that are ready to heal.

    A somatic and breathwork focus helps us tune into the wisdom of the body — using movement, grounding, and breath to restore regulation, presence, and connection.

    Rooted in a holistic and systemic perspective, this work honors the whole person — body, mind, and spirit — and recognizes that growth happens not in isolation, but within the larger systems and relationships that shape who we are.

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  • My Vibe

    A bold yet gentle presence that creates space for truth while feeling safe.

    Deep attunement, that listens beyond words — to what your body, heart, and story are quietly expressing.

    A playful warmth that bring lightness and belly laughs to even the heaviest work.

    A visionary spark that invites the imagination of new possibilities.

    An expansive curiosity that welcomes all parts of your story without judgment.

    A balanced duality that holds both light and shadow, pain hope, softness and strength, with reverence.

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My Core Values

Integrity
Compassion
Authenticity
Safety

My Story

I believe that healing even one person creates ripples that reach far beyond what we can see. Every act of compassion, every moment of courage, matters — and together, we create collective change.

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I grew up with an intuitive gift I didn’t yet have language for. I could feel what others were holding, sense the subtleties in their emotions, and understand their unspoken needs. That deep sensitivity guided me toward supporting others long before I knew it would one day become my life’s work.

Somewhere along the way, I lost touch with those gifts. My life’s path and lessons have been about finding my way back to myself—reclaiming my true essence, my voice, my purpose. My personal healing is inseparable from my soul’s work in this lifetime: to be a leader, a guide, a healer, and a catalyst for systemic change. It is through doing my own work that I can hold an authentic, safe, and sacred container for others.

In 2020, I was invited to take over Pathways Family Counseling, which intitiated me into the art of business and embodied leadership. Our growth unfolded organically but intentionally, always rooted in the core value of creating a practice where clinicians could feel safe, supported, and fulfilled—both professionally and personally.

I am now stepping into the next chapter with NEO MindBody Collab: integrating mental health with holistic wellness and systemic change in order to support the collective on a wider scale.

It means so much to have you here, and I look forward to supporting you in ways that feel meaningful and deeply human.

My Passion

I love the subtle, sacred moments of this work, moments that no treatment plan can capture, yet leave a powerful emotional imprint…

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  • When a client realizes they can feel, be, or choose differently—opening a door they never knew existed.

  • When a light glimmers in someone who once felt stuck in darkness or emptiness.

  • When a client makes genuine eye contact, allowing themselves to truly be seen.

  • When we share a deep belly laugh together, connected by authenticity and safety.

  • When I witness clients reclaim lost parts of themselves, stepping fully into their truth.

  • When we celebrate victories—no matter how big or small—and honor their journey.

  • When the safety and presence in the room allows old attachment wounds to begin repairing—not through words, but through feeling.

  • When I witness other practitioners create these moments for others, stepping into their healing and leadership with the same heart.

Work with Me

Counseling
Supervision & Training
Reiki
Breathwork