- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Dana
Dana Phillips is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in New Jersey with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. Dana also addresses issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, attachment concerns, blended family problems, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication difficulties.
Dana’s background includes graduate training focused on school counseling and substance use prevention, education, intervention, and referral. She has worked in school counseling settings and in private practice, supporting people with academic, social, and emotional challenges, crisis intervention, and transitions such as college and career planning. Her experience includes work with diverse clients and contracted work within her state’s Children’s System of Care.
Her approach centers on client-centered therapy while drawing on several evidence-based methods. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic ideas to address thoughts, behaviors, and emotional responses. Sessions emphasize clear conversation and practical skills.
Dana focuses on building trust and open dialogue. She encourages honest feedback and aims to help people develop coping tools for everyday life. Her work often involves looking at patterns in relationships, family of origin influences, and practical steps for managing mood, stress, or addictive behaviors.
For young adults navigating early independence, career starts, and relationship changes, Dana offers straightforward support that connects therapeutic methods to daily challenges. To begin, people are asked to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a working relationship. It gives people space to describe what matters and to set goals that feel useful for daily life. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete steps to change patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, or compulsive actions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dana will discuss options with each person and try methods that fit their goals and preferences. Together they decide which skills and techniques to keep, change, or practice between meetings.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a school or work day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove the commute so more time is available for practical skill practice. Therapists commonly adapt CBT and DBT tools to virtual meetings by using worksheets, brief behavioral experiments, and mindfulness exercises that can be practiced between sessions.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
Dana works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, eating issues, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, bipolar, and ADHD. She also addresses related areas such as adoption, attachment issues, codependency, and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
She practices a client-centered approach and draws on methods like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help people develop coping skills and change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of experience working in school counseling, private practice, and in contracted roles within her state’s children’s system of care.
Is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) licensed in New Jersey and practices in that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which session formats are used.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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