- Client-centered approach
- Skills and coping
- Adoption and foster care
About Dana
Dana Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who centers her work on building honest, respectful relationships. She values trust and nonjudgmental listening and meets people where they are. Dana draws on a client-centered approach to help people tackle stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or family concerns.
She has about ten years of counseling experience in school and community settings in New Jersey. That background includes work with substance use prevention, crisis intervention, grief, and emotional health issues. Dana has also provided counseling in private practice and through contracted work with the state's Children's System of Care.
Dana blends practical tools with reflective conversation. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot patterns of thought and behavior, and dialectical strategies to build emotional skills. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are added when people want skills for coping and change.
Her work often includes parenting and family stress, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment and abandonment issues, and blended family dynamics. She also addresses eating and body image struggles, anger, addiction, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and life transitions.
Sessions focus on clear goals, everyday strategies, and building strengths people can use outside therapy. Dana encourages people who want steady support and practical progress to begin with a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How Dana Uses Practical Approaches Online
Client-centered therapy means sessions focus on the person's priorities and experiences. The therapist listens closely, reflects back what she hears, and helps people set goals that matter to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns of behavior. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress by teaching steps people can practice between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, with techniques for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and effective communication.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative step. Dana will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That choice may shift as progress is made and life changes arise.
Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow more consistent check-ins during life transitions. Many people find remote sessions helpful for continuing steady work on skills and coping between in-person meetings.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Dana address?
Dana works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma, addictions, eating and body image issues, parenting and caregiver stress, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and related topics including adoption and foster care.
What is Dana's therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered style that combines practical strategies like cognitive behavioral and dialectical methods with mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people build coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
Dana brings about ten years of experience working in schools, private practice, and contracted roles within the state's Children’s System of Care.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with Dana?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.