About Dana
Dana O'Neill is a licensed clinical professional counselor and licensed mental health counselor who focuses on practical ways to feel better and rebuild self-worth. She uses teamwork and down-to-earth conversation to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, addiction, grief, and questions about identity and life purpose.
Dana draws on almost a decade of experience in community, residential, and independent practice settings. She emphasizes mindfulness and the mind-body connection, helping people notice how emotions show up in their bodies and how small shifts can change daily life.
Background and approach
She also uses skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and healthier ways of relating to others. In sessions she blends client-centered listening with clear tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and motivational interviewing. That means people set goals and leave with concrete steps to try between meetings.
She often focuses on self-esteem, body image and weight-loss struggles, anxiety management, and intimacy-related problems. Dana speaks English and practices in Florida. Her credentials include LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - and LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
Over nine years she has worked with people dealing with addiction, ADHD, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and caregiver stress, among other challenges. Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She encourages people to face vulnerabilities, learn practical skills, and make choices that reflect their values.
Therapy often centers on building healthier habits, clearer communication, and a stronger sense of purpose.
Practical approaches for online healing
Client-centered work focuses on listening and on building a strong therapeutic relationship. The therapist follows the client's lead, helping them set personal goals and guiding conversations toward what matters most to the person seeking help.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replaces them with clearer, more effective thinking and actions. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, and problems that feel stuck in daily life. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving how people relate to others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan together rather than following a fixed program.
Online sessions offer flexibility and convenience. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion and skill practice, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during busy days, and live chat or text messaging make brief check-ins or homework support simple. These options help therapy fit into work, caregiving, and other daily routines while keeping the focus on making steady, practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Florida, Nevada, California
- Languages
- English