About Dana
Dana O'Neill combines practical therapy with compassionate listening to help people rebuild self-worth and manage overwhelming feelings. She brings nine years of professional experience and works from a person-centered stance to meet clients where they are. Dana holds LCPC and LMHC credentials and practices in Florida while offering sessions in English.
Her approach focuses on simple, learnable skills. She uses client-centered work to understand each person’s goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts that block action.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness practices help with emotional regulation and staying grounded in the body. Dana has supported people through anxiety, stress, grief, addiction concerns, and challenges with relationships and intimacy. She also helps with self-esteem, body image, career crossroads, and life purpose.
Her background includes community, residential, and independent practice settings which shape a flexible, real-world approach. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-focused. Dana helps clients set small, achievable steps and practices to build confidence and reduce overwhelm.
She emphasizes learning skills that can be used between sessions to manage emotions and improve day-to-day functioning. People who work with Dana often focus on changing patterns that keep them stuck. She encourages self-compassion and practical action over perfection.
The process is paced to the client’s comfort while keeping an eye on meaningful progress.
Practical approaches for online emotional care
Client-Centered Therapy is about listening and shaping work around each person’s goals. It helps when someone needs time to be heard and to clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of daily functioning; it is useful for anxiety, low motivation, and negative self-talk. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with intense mood swings and relationship conflicts.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the early sessions. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That planning can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and skills coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit short updates, between-session support, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Florida, Nevada, California
- Languages
- English