Daniela Freda, LAc

Daniela is amazing. During this difficult time she continues to support her clients with Telehealth Appointments. On an appointment with me on telehealth she taught me techniques to help with a headache and stress. She has such a gentle way to support me. She listens and warmly offers advice. She is a gem.

Where do I even start?

I trust Daniela. Fully. She has brought healing into my life in more ways than one.

She won't judge your choices. She will honor the germophobe in you by alcohol swabbing all insertion points (as a nurse, this is big-time important to me), will listen carefully and intently, will sit with you during your session if needed, will regulate your cycle, will offer Eastern medicine nutrition nuggets, and will help you wean off your antihistamine in a week. Bonus? She will feel like your girl throughout all of it.

A gem, truly.

I contacted Daniela yesterday after having discomfort with tendinitis. She was able to see me today. I had a wonderful experience with her. She was very nice very comforting and incredibly professional. She spent a little time with me going over the issue with my tendinitis. She then gave me treatment with acupuncture and massage therapy. I highly recommend Daniela! Thanks Daniela for seeing me on very short notice

I've been going to Daniela for treatment for over 6 months now. And I'm so lucky to have found her. She's an incredibly mindful, patient, attentive and kind acupuncturist. She also introduced me to cupping and has given me great nutritional advice.

I have mixed feelings sharing a good review for Daniela because I want to keep her all to myself, haha. But she deserves all the praise.

Daniela is the absolute best. She's worked with me in the past, helping regulate my cycle and manage PMS symptoms (totally worked and have been fine since). But what really stood out was her willingness to help me most recently even though I was no longer an "active" patient of hers. She worked to help point me in the direction of specialists specific to my current needs and was willing to share knowledge and guidance until I got the help I needed. She validated all my concerns (when a number of doctors told me nothing was wrong), helped me figure out a solution, and guided me

Daniela has been a lifesaver for me in coping with severe morning sickness. Not only has the acupuncture helped manage my symptoms, but her approach is truly integrative -- she has given me great advice about when to seek conventional treatment as well, and how to manage the treatments in concert. She also has a wealth of knowledge about other practitioners in the city and has referred me to other great people where appropriate.

Daniela has a calming and supportive presence and really makes sure you are comfortable during the treatments.

I also really appreciate how easy it is to work with Daniela

In just a few visits Daniela has already vastly helped me -- body, mind and spirit! I knew instantly when I first read her website that I was going to like her, but I wasn't prepared to absolutely LOVE her this quickly. Not only is she extremely knowledgeable of Chinese medicine and herbal supplements, she is also unbelievable with the 1-1 personal attention that she provides. Her knowledge is so extremely specific that it's easy to tell she is not just lumping you into a standard practice of care, but really customizing her work to you. This is also evidenced in the tailored recommendation

Daniela is a very compassionate person, she followed all my pregnancy with acupuncture and gave me very good recommendations regarding food and things to do to have a healthy pregnancy and treat all the ailments that came along the 9 months. she even helped me go through the post partum days.
I would definately recommend her.

Daniela is nothing short of amazing. Her treatments eliminated chronic pain and limited range of motion in my elbow. She has also normalized my menstrual cycle. She is incredibly knowledgeable and compassionate. I've been seeing her regularly for the last couple of years and plan to continue working with her to maintain my health!

I found Daniela when looking for fertility specialists. I worked with her from conception through postpartum with my first pregnancy and cannot recommend her highly enough.

She is incredibly knowledgeable, knows the right questions to ask and has a calm, soothing demeanor. I had as comfortable a pregnancy as could be expected and attribute a lot of this to Daniela and the acupuncture practice. I am a true believer in acupuncture to aid in healing and thriving and feel Daniela brings out the best in what an acupuncturist can do for us!

I haven't written a review in a while but my time with Daniela is definitely a reason to come out of retirement. I went to see Daniela when my husband and I were talking about getting on the baby band wagon. I had found her on yelp and the reviews were all so good, I had to see what she was about.

Now, 10 months later I'm 33 weeks pregnant and enjoying bi weekly appointments with Daniela. Not only is she super pleasant to be with, sort of like a great girlfriend you get to see on the regular, but she has a wonderful touch and is very knowlegeable about all things Chinese herbal and

I know she mostly works with pregnant women but my friends just said how amazing she is so I snuck in. I've been working with her for a year now and she has helped me stay healthy, full of energy and feeling great! I've referred her to a lot of my friends and they always come back raving as well!

I started seeing Daniela a few months back and I am very happy with her. I wanted to see her to get my reproductive health in order as I am planning for my next child and I wanted to increase my chances conceiving a child as easily as possible.

Daniela is very smart and a good listener. She has a ton of knowledge on nutrition with regard to fertility but also just general health. I'm a data person and she has sent me Harvard studies and various articles to back up all the advice she has given me, which I love. She is available via email or phone via questions. I try and be respectful

I am in absolute bliss after every treatment and my migraines and allergies have improved beyond anything I could have imagined: they're basically non-existent since seeing Daniela!

I have suffered from severe allergies (eyes swelling shut and staying in doors for days on end) and severe migraines (as many as 4+/week) since childhood. After years of medications that never fully worked and worried about the long-term effect on my health I had enough and a friend recommended Daniela.

In my nearly 6 months of treatments, Daniela has helped me uncover multiple migraine triggers I can now avoid

SEVEN weeks and counting.
Seven glorious, eye-opening, life-changing WEEKS free of migraines!! (This is after months of having 2-3 migraines per week.)

It was all about the migraine elimination diet taught to me by lovely Daniela. The recipe for success: diet eliminating common migraine triggers, acupuncture & craniosacral therapy. Now that I'm reducing the number of acupuncture/craniosacral treatments I get, Daniela has made herself 100% available via email/phone. Any questions I have about the diet, how to interpret results as I add foods back in etc, she is right there with timely

Daniela is a very knowledgable practioner of TCM and acupuncture, I highly recommend her. She is kind and has a very gentle and accommodating vibe as a practitioner. The office space is welcoming and always has tea available. If your insurance or Flexible Benefits (for those of us lucky enough to have insurance) covers acupuncture she can easily make receipts and also does billing. The space has a very warm vibe and its super close to 18th and castro. What consistenly impresses me most about Daniela is that whenever I see her, she references recent lectures and workshops she has completed. She

Daniela is a wonderful practitioner, whose balance you can feel when you walk into her treatment space. She offers comprehensive treatment with guidance on diet and lifestyle modifications in order to continue the healing changes she sets in motion with her acupuncture needles and herbal prescriptions. I highly recommend her as a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine!

I first approached Daniela Freda during the summer of 2007 being that the acupuncturist that I had been seeing for years doesn't practice on Mondays and I was eager for relief. I had developed what appeared to be a heat rash and hive-like welts on my chest that had not resolved in two weeks time and were worsening when I reached out to Daniela. I saw her three times that first week and was completely pain and itch free afterward. I had healed. The symptoms reappeared some weeks later, however with continued treatment the issue is now fully resolved and continues to be without further treatment

Daniela has been my accupuncturist for a couple of years now. She is really wonderful. What puts her head and shoulders above some other accupuncturists and health care professionals in general is her ability to really listen to me. She takes as much time as we need at the beginning of each session to hear me out about whatever is ailing me. The results I get reflect that kind of care.

She has treated me for many different things, and every time I have found her to be very professional and helpful. Her space is also very relaxing.