Dana Secord, LPC

Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, and related concerns. She offers a space where people can talk about racing thoughts, hopelessness, and emotional pain without judgment. Dana emphasizes meeting each person where they are and treating their experience as valid and important.

She uses plain conversation and careful listening to help people name what feels hard. Sessions involve exploring feelings, noticing patterns, and practicing skills that fit daily life. Dana encourages clients to bring their whole story and to set goals together.

Dana earned a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University. Her work history includes private practice and community health settings where she supported people facing substance use, domestic violence, trauma, mood and adjustment challenges, and identity concerns.

Her approach is integrative, drawing on methods that suit each person’s situation. She helps clients build insight into their emotions and their relationships with others. The focus is on collaboration - the client’s priorities guide the work.

In sessions she often uses strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and to build valued action. Attachment-based and client-centered ideas shape how she responds to relationships and emotional needs. Dialectical behavior therapy skills can appear when people need tools for strong emotions.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and still take steps toward what matters to them. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions because it focuses on values and practical action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to change those patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current bonds and emotional responses, which can help with intimacy and relationship struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Dana will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest strategies to try. That collaborative process means approaches can shift over time as progress or challenges appear.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing quicker check-ins, and offering more flexible scheduling. It can also let people try different interaction styles, such as more skills-focused sessions or longer exploratory conversations, so therapy fits into everyday routines.