Loni Fagel

Loni Fagel, MA, MEd, LPCC, RST, is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, EMDRIA Approved Consultant™, Registered Sand Therapist, and expressive arts therapist who believes in the power of creativity to heal. She helps people process emotions and build resilience through the use of storytelling, movement, visual arts, music, drama, and creative writing. With years of experience, she has guided individuals through grief and loss, trauma, identity exploration, and medical challenges, using expressive arts therapy to create meaningful healing experiences. Loni brings a creative, integrative lens to both clinical practice and professional education.

As a dynamic speaker, trainer, and author, Loni teaches across the U.S. and the globe, showing how creative expression can support healing and personal growth. She is passionate about helping others find their voice, discover inner strength, and explore new ways to express themselves. Loni offers engaging, research-informed trainings on topics including EMDR, grief and loss, ambiguous loss, medical trauma, neuroscience, and general trauma and impact across the developmental levels, and the integration of expressive arts in therapy. Her work emphasizes the power of creativity to support emotional release, self-expression, and post-traumatic growth. With a commitment to culturally responsive, strengths-based care, Loni creates learning environments that are inclusive, experiential, and deeply rooted in compassion.

She is an active member of EMDRIA, ACA, IEATA, and AMHCA, and is dedicated to empowering both clients and clinicians to find meaning, beauty, and transformation through creative, embodied approaches to healing.