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The Threshold

Soul-centered therapy for whole-life healing  ·  Individuals, Couples & Families

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Elle Saunders, LMFT

You have lived long enough to know that what you are looking for is not more information. You have read the books. You have sat in the rooms. And still there is something — older than your diagnosis, deeper than what you have already named — that has not yet been given permission to fully arrive. That is what we are here for.

 

Healing is a spiral. We do not move through it in a straight line — we go down, we integrate, we rise changed, and then life calls us deeper. What the body carries in its tissue, the stories handed down without being spoken, the self that was never allowed to finish becoming — all of it is workable. We enter through myth and memory, through breath and the felt sense, through ancestral thread and the earth’s long intelligence. Twenty years of sitting with people at this kind of opening has taught me one thing above all: you are beyond what you think you are.

 

If you are arriving as two — love does not go away. It goes underground, into the body’s held memory, waiting for the right conditions to surface. We go there — not to assign blame, but to find what is still alive underneath, and learn to inhabit each other differently. Erotic vitality as a returning. Co-regulation as daily practice. The sacred and the practical, woven together.

WHAT WE WORK WITH 

Somatic & embodied therapy

Nervous system healing

Parts work & the unlived self

Couples intimacy & erotic vitality

Ancestral & lineage healing

Mythic & archetypal frameworks

Expressive arts & breathwork

Energy medicine

Shadow work

Family systems therapy

Nature attuned practice

Spritual integration

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This is our journey together — and these may be some of the things you are carrying when you arrive:

The courage to begin again  ·  conscious partnership  ·  the dance of masculine and feminine  ·  awakening consciousness  ·  sacred career development  ·  creativity and ritual  ·  life stage transitions  ·  sexual passion and Tantra  ·  the longing to feel worthy of love  ·  family dynamics  ·  past and childhood trauma  ·  dating anxiety  ·  the authentic self, ready to blossom

Who This is For

Sessions welcome all genders, couples, and families. Grounded and creative, practical and insightful — sometimes all in the same hour. In-person in Sebastopol, CA · Virtual globally via Zoom.

How the Work Unfolds

1

The
Intake

We review what is asking for attention. I listen for what has worked for you before and what you want to be different. You begin to feel what it is like to be genuinely heard.

2

Building the Relationship

Trust is the medicine before the medicine. We identify your primary attachment patterns, the narratives running quietly in the background, and where they live in the body. We are not in a hurry.

3

The Spiral Descent

We go in. Through sensation, story, lineage, the unlived parts of yourself. We experiment, track what shifts, and follow what opens. Much of this happens between sessions — you go out into the world and begin to move differently through it.

4

Integration & Becoming

Transformation has points of recalibration — where you are changing and the old self hasn’t yet let go. I stay with you through that edge. We build practices for radical self-acceptance and genuine nurturance. You are beyond what you think you are. We will find that out, together.

What Clients Say

"After sessions with Elle, I feel so empowered and determined to keep moving in the right direction — just one tiny step forward. She always made me feel normal and safe, even when working through difficult topics. Life is fast with a lot of transitions, and my mind and soul work was addressed in our sessions to be my best self, one day at a time." –Q.S.

Investment

Session Fee: $220

55 minutes

Individual or couples

Sliding Scale: $180-$220

Available based on need

Deeper discounts possible depending on availability

Discovery Call: Free

15 minutes

No commitment required

Fee is not a barrier to beginning. If the standard rate is not accessible, say so when you reach out — we will find something that works. We all need a loving hand to hold during times of uncertainty.

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You Don't Have to Have it figured out to reach out.

In-person · Sebastopol, CA  ·  Virtual via Zoom · available globally.

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Elle Saunders, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #40992

Trinity Star Family Counseling, Inc.

 

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