Dana Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor who draws on a client-centered approach to help people through hard times.
01About Dana
Dana Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor who draws on a client-centered approach to help people through hard times. She brings ten years of counseling experience and focuses on clear, respectful conversations that honor each person's pace and needs. Dana listens first, then helps people set practical goals they can use between sessions.
She uses straightforward methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to reduce anxious thoughts and improve day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
Mindfulness tools are introduced to help ground strong emotions and build awareness. Motivational interviewing is used when clients want help making lasting changes, such as addressing substance use or shifting habits. Dana’s background includes school counseling and substance-use prevention work in New Jersey.
That experience shaped her skill with common concerns like anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stress, family conflict, and life transitions. She also supports people facing body image issues, eating concerns, codependency, and challenges tied to adoption, attachment, or blended families. Sessions are practical and collaborative.
Dana helps people try new strategies, notice what works, and adjust plans over time. She focuses on building trust, promoting steady progress, and keeping steps achievable. People seeking help with relationship stress, mood symptoms, coping with change, or addictive behaviors may find her direct yet compassionate style useful.
Dana conducts work from a place of respect and curiosity, helping clients move toward clearer choices and better day-to-day functioning.
02Credentials
- LPC (New Jersey)
- License 37pc00477200 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1356708218 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Dana names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Dana names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on active listening and respect, helping people feel heard and understood so they can set their own goals and move at their own pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and teaches concrete skills to change thinking patterns and behavior, which can ease anxiety and depression. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills to manage intense feelings and improve relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that fit their situation. Together they adjust techniques over time so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow a full conversation with face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when a voice-only check-in is a better fit. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress between sessions, or when shorter, written exchanges are easier to manage. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to use methods like CBT and mindfulness consistently.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Dana address in sessions?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, eating concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and related topics.
What is her style of therapy like?
Her approach is client-centered and collaborative, using practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help clients manage thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Dana has ten years of experience working in counseling roles, including school counseling and independent practice settings in New Jersey.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, listed as NJ LPC, and practices in New Jersey.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with people outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to the platform options.
How does billing and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a cancellable subscription model. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.
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