Saphir Allen Davis

“Each one of us holds an incredible reserve of creativity and power, of unexamined and unrecorded emotion and feeling” —Audre Lorde

Welcome! I’m Saphir (they/them). I’m completing a dual MA in Art Therapy/Counseling from Southwestern College, concentrating in Trauma and Crisis with a certificate in Human Sexuality. I strive to foster a warm space of authenticity, compassion, and intentionality that embraces all of who you are and welcomes all that you may bring from tears to laughter. I believe you hold the wisdom you need to heal and grow, and it’s my honor to accompany you. Moving at your pace, we’ll grow an alliance rooted in safety, caring, and trust. I believe therapy holds reparative power as a sandbox to exercise bravery and a model for relationships in our lives. We’ll co-create a space that invites your feedback, belief systems, and healing practices. We’ll be curious about patterns in your life, honor survival strategies that got you here, and look to new ways of being.

I work with individuals and families of varied experiences and concerns, and I view expressive arts and therapy through a trauma-informed, liberatory, and harm-reductionist lens. I am community-minded, relational, and holistic in my approach. As an art therapist, I’m inspired by play and nature, and I believe art is an act of resistance. Imagination is a resource always at our disposal to find meaning, empowerment, and connection. Together we’ll discover resources and tools that fit your strengths and needs for safely exploring emotions, building self-awareness, navigating transitions, managing stressors, and addressing traumas.

I’m a Black, queer, trans-nonbinary, neurodivergent person with chronic illness. My lived experience and clinical knowledge inform my passion for access to culturally responsive, intersectional care. I commit to advocating for you and holding sex- and body-positive space free of judgment and rooted in liberation. I’m informed by social justice, feminist, and anti-oppressive frameworks, and am invested in naming the ways that power, privilege, and systems of oppression affect mental health for all of us. Together we can explore ways of unlearning, resisting, resting, and healing from oppressive narratives.

Throughout Saphir’s internship, Saphir’s professional growth and clinical practice are directly supervised by Katherine Quintero, (She/Her) LMFT.