- Person-centered approach
- Focus on resilience
- Works with grief
About Dina
She draws on two decades of direct support experience across many settings. That background includes counseling in high schools and foster care agencies, supporting people newly experiencing homelessness, working with pregnant clients affected by domestic violence, and helping adults in hospital care and long-term adult care settings. She has also staffed crisis and text lines and supported people facing trauma and loss.
Dina emphasizes listening first and tailoring sessions to each person's goals. She combines empathy, gentle honesty, and occasional humor to help people feel understood. She often focuses on building resilience and practical coping habits for everyday life.
Her interests include helping people with hoarding concerns, end-of-life and hospice-related issues, and non-monogamous relationship dynamics alongside more common struggles like depression, bipolar concerns, self-esteem, and career stress. She also offers coaching-style support for life transitions.
Dina is based in California and offers services in English. She welcomes international clients. Prospective clients begin by using the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions.
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
California, Florida
Languages
English
How person-centered care adapts to online therapy
Dina practices client-centered therapy, which centers on listening and responding to each person's experience. This approach focuses on empathy, acceptance, and helping people set their own goals, and it can be useful for grief, anxiety, relationship concerns, and building everyday coping habits.Her background in direct support work and crisis lines means she tailors conversation to whoever shows up in the room. She aims to help people build resilience and everyday routines that reduce anxiety and improve mood. In online work this often translates to practical homework, check-ins, and skills practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide what methods and pacing fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Clients can expect a joint decision-making process rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
The original biography did not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins can be scheduled during a work break, or remote sessions remove travel time. These practical benefits help people keep therapy consistent while balancing family, work, and daily responsibilities.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Dina commonly address?
Dina focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and grief, self-esteem, career strain, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes. She also works with hoarding, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and polyamory or non-monogamous relationship topics.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centered approach that emphasizes listening, warmth, and collaboration. Sessions tend to focus on understanding each person and building practical coping habits.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She holds six years of formal therapy experience and brings nearly twenty years of direct support work across schools, foster care, hospitals, shelters, and crisis lines.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credentials LMHC and LPCC and practices from California while also holding licensure in Florida previously.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.