Dana Secord, LPC

Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps adults facing anxiety, depression, stress, and difficult life changes. She welcomes conversations about mood, relationships, identity, and challenging thoughts. Dana focuses on everyday habits and thought patterns that make daily life harder and helps people find practical ways to cope.

She uses an integrative, collaborative style in sessions. Dana encourages people to tell their story and listens without judgment. Together they identify patterns in thinking and behavior and try small changes that make a difference in day-to-day life.

Dana earned a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University and holds LPC licensure in Texas and Colorado. Her background includes private practice and community health settings, where she offered therapy for depression, anxiety, substance-related concerns, trauma, eating issues, and mood disorders.

In session she draws on several approaches to help people learn new habits and manage strong emotions. That might look like practicing skills for handling intense feelings, trying experiments to test unhelpful thoughts, or exploring how early attachment and current relationships shape reactions.

Sessions focus on clear, practical steps you can try between meetings. Dana treats each person as the expert on their life and builds a plan with goals you choose. If you want help sorting overwhelming thoughts or changing daily habits, she works with you at a steady, collaborative pace.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without trying to push them away, then choosing actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and getting unstuck from habitual reactions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses short experiments and practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns and daily habits that keep problems going.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative decision may change over time as progress is made.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking, since specific options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering ways to practice skills between meetings. Licensed professionals can also tailor sessions to match how you prefer to work, whether you want a focus on skills, values-guided planning, or exploring relationship patterns.