About Dana
Dana Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey. She centers her work on building strong therapeutic relationships and listening with respect. Dana draws on practical approaches to help people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles.
Her style is client-centered. That means she focuses on each person's goals and uses tools that fit their situation. Dana blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to meet real-life needs.
How Dana works
Sessions often include clear skills to manage emotions, thinking patterns, and difficult situations. Over the past 10 years Dana has worked in school and community settings and in independent practice. That experience includes helping people with grief, trauma, addiction concerns, parenting stress, and challenges tied to adoption and attachment.
She has also supported issues such as body image, eating concerns, and managing bipolar symptoms alongside daily life demands. Dana pays attention to practical steps. She helps people set small goals, practice new ways of coping, and build healthier communication.
She also addresses family of origin issues, blended family stress, and problems with control or codependency. People who meet with Dana can expect a calm, straightforward approach. She values nonjudgment and open dialogue.
Her aim is to work alongside clients who want to make steady changes in how they manage feelings and relationships.
Dana lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Dana works with
The areas below are the ones Dana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered work focuses on what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. Sessions start with listening and building a plan based on individual goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Dana treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will explore your goals, try methods that match your needs, and adjust the plan as you learn what works. That collaborative process helps focus sessions on skills and progress rather than labels.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you work face to face when more visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to schedule sessions, keep momentum between meetings, and access a licensed professional from different locations.
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A practical next step
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