- Depression and anxiety
- Family of origin issues
- ACT and CBT methods
About Dana
Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado and Texas with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults who struggle with depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, substance use, relationship conflict, and questions about gender and sexual identity. She also supports people facing grief, family-of-origin concerns, parenting stress, and other life shifts.
Dana asks people to tell their story and listens for patterns that keep showing up. She uses straightforward conversation to help clients name painful feelings and recognize how old family roles still shape current choices. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to each person and on small, practical steps they can try between meetings.
Her training includes methods from acceptance and commitment approaches, attachment-based thinking, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and dialectical behavior strategies. Dana blends these ideas to help with worry, mood swings, compulsive behaviors, and relationship problems. She encourages skill-building alongside reflection so people have tools to manage strong emotions.
Prior to private practice she worked in community health settings providing therapy for people affected by sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress, anger management, bipolar disorder, self-esteem challenges, and eating disorders. In private practice she continued work with depression, anxiety, substance concerns, domestic violence survivors, and LGBTQ+ issues.
Dana invites clients to take an active role in planning therapy. She frames the client as the expert on their life and focuses on collaborative, practical steps. To begin, she asks people to share their goals and current struggles so sessions can focus on what matters now.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in early relationships and how those patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. It can help with intimacy-related struggles and family-of-origin concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and behavior changes; it is useful for worry, low mood, and sleep or eating problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dana will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. She combines talking, skill practice, and brief behavioral experiments so clients can see whether an approach fits and adjust as needed.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking since format details were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit talks into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or remove the need to travel. Licensed professionals can also use video or phone in different ways to suit bandwidth, camera comfort, or workday timing, and Dana will discuss practical options when arranging the first appointment.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Texas, Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with adults on depression, anxiety, substance use, relationship conflict, gender and sexual identity questions, family issues, grief, and related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a conversational, integrative approach that blends skills training with reflection. Sessions focus on understanding patterns from family of origin and trying practical steps between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working in community health and private practice settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado and Texas and practices out of Texas.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
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