Dana Secord , LPC

Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and questions around gender and sexual identity. She focuses on practical steps to reduce overwhelming feelings and on building everyday coping skills. Dana works with adults and aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear.

She creates a calm space where people can talk about racing thoughts, hopelessness, trauma, or substance use without judgment. Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters most to each person. Dana encourages clients to name their goals and to move at a pace that feels doable.

Dana earned a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University. She has experience in private practice and community health settings. Her background includes work with people affected by sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress, domestic violence, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, and substance concerns.

Her approach combines practical techniques and supportive listening. She uses methods that help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of coping. The work often includes looking at relationships, communication, and how past experiences affect present choices.

Dana treats a wide range of concerns including grief, parenting strain, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career worries. She also addresses intimacy, body image, abandonment, and blended family questions. Clients leave with concrete strategies and clearer next steps.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, mood, and sleeping problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current connections and can help with intimacy concerns and recurring relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Dana will work together with each person to pick or combine methods based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences. The plan can change as progress is made and new concerns come up.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video calls let you see facial cues and body language. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth or a hands-free option is needed. Live chat and messaging can be a shorter check-in option and fit around work or caregiving schedules. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while staying focused on practical change.