Dana O'Neill

Dana O'Neill is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people rebuild self-worth and find direction. She brings a compassionate, direct style to conversations about overwhelm, anxiety, and relationship concerns. Dana invites people to notice how their body and mind respond to stress and to learn practical skills that change day-to-day life.

She works with common struggles like low self-esteem, anxiety, identity questions, and relationship bumps. Dana also supports people facing parenting strain, grief, addiction, career uncertainty, and the challenge of major life changes. She frames goals around concrete steps so progress is clear and doable.

Dana uses mindfulness practices to help people listen to bodily signals and slow down automatic reactions. She pairs that with skills-focused work from cognitive behavioral approaches to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational interviewing ideas help people clarify values and take small steps toward meaningful change.

Her background includes community, residential, and private practice settings over nine years, and she holds credentials as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC. Dana draws on this experience to offer straightforward tools and compassion as people work through tough transitions.

Sessions emphasize learning useful skills, practicing them between meetings, and adjusting plans to fit busy lives. Dana encourages people to start with one small change and build from there, aiming for steady, realistic progress rather than sudden fixes.

How Dana blends practical skills with online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and working at the client's pace to build trust and clarify goals. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort out feelings and priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful habits. This approach is useful for stress, worry, and problems that follow repeating thought patterns.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving how people relate to others. It is often used when emotion regulation and interpersonal problems interfere with daily life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Dana treats the decision as a team effort, adjusting techniques to fit the client's needs, goals, and preferences. She often combines mindful awareness with skill practice and clearer thinking about choices.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific session formats available before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time so clients can use appointments during a break or between commitments.