Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and struggles with relationships and identity.
01About Dana
Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and struggles with relationships and identity. She aims to create a calm space where people can share painful thoughts and feel heard. Dana speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life.
Dana uses a mix of approaches to match what a person needs. She often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice unhelpful thinking and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and move toward them.
Background and approach
She also uses attachment ideas to look at how early patterns shape current relationships. Sessions are collaborative. Dana encourages people to name what matters, try new skills, and notice what helps.
She keeps explanations simple and offers small, concrete practices between sessions when useful. Dana earned a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University and holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential. Her background includes independent practice and community health work with issues such as substance concerns, trauma, mood disorders, grief, and gender and sexual identity questions.
She brings six years of clinical experience and aims to tailor therapy to each person's goals. People working through grief, addiction, chronic stress, or relationship hurt can expect an empathetic, goal-focused approach that balances understanding with practical steps.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 81781 · expires September 2026
- LPC (Colorado)
- License LPC.0017943 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1548866205 · 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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Dana names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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
How Dana’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small steps toward those values. Online ACT sessions often include short exercises and practical assignments to do between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to test what changes. In virtual CBT, the therapist and client review patterns together and practice skills during or between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dana will discuss goals and preferences and recommend a blend of methods that fit each person’s needs. The plan is collaborative so adjustments can be made as progress is tracked and new issues arise.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face when they want interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or to fit a mid-day break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and let therapists and clients keep momentum between meetings.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Dana address?
Dana supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, grief, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and related issues.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses an integrative, collaborative style that blends CBT, ACT, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered listening to help people build skills and clarify values.
What is her professional background?
She holds a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University and has six years of clinical experience in independent practice and community health settings.
Where is she based and licensed?
She practices from Texas and is a Licensed Professional Counselor with CO LPC and TX LPC noted in her credentials.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model 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 a session based on therapist availability.
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