Dana Juarez , LMFT

Dana Juarez is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Oklahoma. She has nine years of experience in mental health and holds a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University. Dana brings a direct, practical style that aims to help people make measurable changes in their lives.

Dana draws on a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She uses client-centered methods to listen and reflect what matters most to the client. She also applies cognitive behavioral ideas to help people spot unhelpful patterns and try new ways of thinking and acting.

Dana offers support for a wide range of concerns, including relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, stress and anxiety, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, anger, and depression. She also addresses related topics such as attachment, communication problems, blended family issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and forgiveness.

Sessions focus on practical steps people can take between meetings. Dana helps set clear, achievable goals and reviews progress along the way. Her aim is to empower people to cope better with life changes and restore a greater sense of balance.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's goals and experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify what they want to change. This approach supports concerns like self-esteem, relationship struggles, and general life stress.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try alternative behaviors. It often includes practical exercises and homework to practice new skills between sessions, which can work well in remote appointments. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, EMDR, is used for trauma-related memories and can be adapted for online work when appropriate and agreed upon by the client and therapist.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Dana will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and recommend one or a mix of methods that make sense. She frames treatment as a collaborative process and adjusts plans based on how someone responds over time.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for richer conversation, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can suit shorter check-ins or ongoing support, and messaging can help keep momentum between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are impractical.