GUIDANCE FOR MOMENTS THAT CHANGE YOU
Meet Danielle Houser, MS LPCC
A Minnesota therapist, educator, and transformational guide for those standing between the life they’ve outgrown and the one taking shape.
There’s a gap between coaching, therapy, and spiritual direction — and most people need aspects of all three.
Guided by my experience in each of these areas (and beyond), these threads come together to help you hear yourself more clearly and act from a deep place of knowing. Together, we get clear on what’s true for you, calm the noise of fear and overthinking, and help you take aligned steps toward what’s next in your work, your relationships, and your purpose.
One moment of unmistakable clarity can shift the course of your life.
it has mine. A few times.
I’ve always had strong instincts, but just before graduating college in 2008, I had a moment so profound it stopped me in my tracks.
I was getting ready to take the adult job the past four years prepared me for — the dictated path that checked every box — when something in me said, No, don’t do this.
What? This was a big day. Clothes laid out the night before and an early morning hair wash proved I was prepared and I wanted this.
But, I didn’t. Not really.
What are you doing? This isn’t your path.
You’re about to go live someone else’s life.
Knowing that voice was right, I made what appeared to be a split-second decision but had actually been years in the making. Within a few weeks, I had a plane ticket to move out of the country. The experiences that followed changed the course of my life.
Since then, I’ve studied everything I could about intuition, self-trust and how and when this voice of inner knowing finds us. Or, can we find it? My work is rooted in both the science of our minds and the language of the soul. I’ve spent years weaving the two, knowing that the answers to our deepest questions live where they meet.
TLDR: something in us always has access to the precise wisdom meant for this moment. My role is to help clear the noise around the quiet voice that is already speaking.
Credentials & Experience
Whether through therapy, Breakthrough Sessions, or workshops, I bring a blend of psychology, spiritual depth, and grounded guidance. When you work with me, you open the door to...
a Therapist
After a decade of sitting with people in their most honest moments, I can quickly recognize the survival strategies that once kept you safe, the stories you inherited, and the emotions you’ve had to tuck away. I hold space for you to understand them, heal from them, and move forward from a place of deep inner authority.
an Educator
I’ve been part of education in some form for over 20 years. From teaching high school, to shaping curriculum in higher education, to facilitating workshops that help people understand their inner world, taking abstract ideas and making them easy to understand is second nature. I’ll help you make sense of things like intuition and purpose in a way that feels practical and easy to apply.
a Guide
What’s a “guide” anyway?
A guide listens for what’s emerging from your biggest worries and deepest desires. A guide offers insight and wisdom that has held true across time and space. But most importantly, a guide does not direct your choices but works to strengthen your discernment.
This is the kind of support I’m here to offer.
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELOR
10 YEARS IN
CLINICAL PRACTICE
BACHELOR OF
ARTS IN EDUCATION
BA MINOR IN
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
MS IN MARRIAGE &
FAMILY THERAPY
DECOLONIZATION
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
20 YEARS IN
TEACHING & EDUCATION
CERTIFIED
SPIRITUAL COACH
“Danielle is a wisdom keeper who wields her guidance with fierce compassion and clarity.
A powerful presence of warmth, wisdom, and an immense capacity to 'see.' She brings precision to inquiry. Her gift of direct revelation was offered to me in grounded confidence, practical application, and integrity.”
— W. C. H.
“In my session, Danielle facilitated a deep remembrance of my self-worth and my inner resources.
It was so powerful because it happened on a deep somatic level. That level where it gets imprinted on the body and doesn’t leave you anymore. I left feeling connected to my empowerment and with an inner sense of integrity.”
— K.K.
You’ve woken up to something within you.
Like a flashlight cutting across a dark room.
I’ll help you flip on the rest of the lights
and see what’s possible.
get started
How to Work with Me
You’ve already come so far.
Book a
Breakthrough Session
A 75-minute catalyzing session that helps you access the clarity you need to move forward. My role is to help you see what your vision has been trying to show you and unblock what’s been stopping you from bringing it to life.
Start ongoing
Individual Therapy
For the leaders, helpers, and self-aware emotional anchors who hold it all together, this space is completely for you. You’ll find support that doesn’t stay at the surface and can meet the depth and complexity of your roles and experiences.
Co-Create a
Transformational Event
Go deeper than your typical motivational pep-talk. My integration-focused workshops go beyond inspiring words and spark in-the-moment breakthroughs for your group or community.
