Bio

Danielle M. Herrera, LMFT

I am an Ohlone Land (Oakland)-based psychotherapist providing psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelic integration, and harm reduction psychotherapy. I am a Queer, detribalized mixed-Indigenous woman of Chiricahua Apache, Pascua Yaqui, Chicana, and Visayan (Filipina) descent. My culture and my background working within harm reduction treatment for unstably housed communities, individuals, and families informs my warm and emotion-focused decolonized framework, with attunement to systemic oppressions and violences that impact the individual within a complicated ecosystem. I enjoy working with spiritual emergence; Queer, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; people who use drugs; and others outside of the mainstream.

  • University of San Francisco (2016-2019)

    Master of Arts (M.A.) • Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (2012-2016)

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) • Psychology

  • Tender Heart Healing Arts, Oakland, California, USA (2024-Present)

    Owner & Psychotherapist

    Beckley Academy (2023-Present)

    Course Facilitator: Foundations of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

    Alchemy Community Therapy Center, Oakland, California, USA (2023-Present)

    Supervisor & Clinical Consult

    Herrera Psychotherapy, Oakland, California, USA (2021-Present)

    Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapist

    Sage Integrative Health, Berkeley, California, USA (2021-2023)

    Psychedelic Psychotherapist

    Jennifer Fernández & Associates, San Mateo, California, USA (2021-2022)

    Harm Reduction Psychotherapist

    Sage Institute, Oakland, California, USA (2019-2021)

    Psychedelic Psychotherapist

    Harm Reduction Therapy Center, San Francisco, California, USA (2019-2021)

    Harm Reduction Psychotherapist

    Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Sciences (MAPS), Oakland, California, USA (2019-Present)

    MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Trainee

    Homeless Children’s Network, San Francisco, California, USA (2018-2019)

    Marriage & Family Therapy Trainee

    UCLA Academic Advancement Program, Los Angeles, California, USA (2012-2016)

    Peer Counselor • Student Teacher • New Student Advisor • Intern Caregiver • Gender and Sexuality/Personal Peer Counselor Coordinator

  • I am a native English speaker with working proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL).

  • To learn more about my methods, please see my Approach page.

Recognition + Acclaim

2024

2023

Students for Sensible Drug Policy, 40 Under 40 Outstanding BIPOC Leaders in Drug Policy

2021