About Dana
Dana Spigener is a licensed professional counselor who helps people cope with addictions, relationship strain, anger, low self-esteem, and major life changes. He encourages simple, honest conversations where someone can name what feels hard and start to make small changes. He keeps sessions direct and practical.
Dana listens for patterns that fuel anxiety, panic, shame, or low mood. He works with clients to build clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and steady coping skills.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what is useful right now rather than long lectures. Over 13 years of practice, he has supported people dealing with caregiver stress, attachment concerns, control issues, and isolation. He also addresses forgiveness, guilt, social anxiety, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and questions about life purpose and self-love.
The work blends emotional awareness with straightforward skill-building. Dana aims to make therapy feel manageable. He explains options plainly and checks in often about what is and isn’t working.
Progress is paced to each person’s needs so change feels achievable. He is licensed as an LPC and practices from Oregon. Sessions are offered in English and he welcomes clients from other countries.
To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions that fit their timing.
Evidence-informed approaches and online care
Many clients find benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building skills. One common approach is cognitive-behavioral style work, which helps people notice thought patterns that feed anxiety, depression, or shame and learn practical strategies to shift those thoughts and behaviors. This can help with panic attacks, mood struggles, and self-esteem issues.Another helpful method focuses on emotion regulation and coping skills training. That kind of work teaches short, usable tools for managing intense feelings, anger, or urges tied to addiction, and it often includes breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior plans.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Dana collaborates with each person to decide what techniques fit their goals, comfort level, and daily life. He checks progress regularly and adapts methods when needed so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy or changing schedules. Video calls let you work face to face when visual connection matters, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging allow shorter check-ins or continued support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to use skills in real time.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English