About Dana
Dana DeHart is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 21 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for everyday problems like stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. Dana values straightforward care and respects each person as the expert on their own life.
She builds sessions around what the client needs right now. That might mean looking at thought patterns that fuel anxiety or working on steps to manage overwhelming days.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, relationship strain, and challenges with motivation or self-esteem. Dana draws on several approaches to tailor care, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, EMDR for trauma processing, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, with an emphasis on usable tools and clear goals.
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with room for listening and reflection. Dana aims to help people notice their strengths, try small changes, and build momentum toward a more manageable life. She checks messages early in the morning and again in the late afternoon to respond to clients.
People who want a supportive, genuine therapist who keeps things simple may find her approach a good fit. She offers care for a range of concerns and helps clients map out practical next steps they can put into action.
Practical therapy methods you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding a person's experience and building on their strengths. It is about listening carefully and following the client's lead to set goals and find what helps day-to-day.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. In sessions clients learn simple techniques to test unhelpful thoughts, try different behaviors, and reduce symptoms of anxiety or depression.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a method often used when past events continue to cause distress. In trained hands it can help people process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional hold.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dana will discuss each method, listen to the client's goals and preferences, and recommend steps to try. Together they decide what to focus on and how to measure progress.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let people connect face-to-face when travel is difficult. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for ongoing support between sessions or for people who prefer writing. These options add flexibility while keeping therapy centered on practical tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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