Dana Dodson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oklahoma with 12 years of experience.
01About Dana
Dana Dodson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oklahoma with 12 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and family conflict. Dana aims to make the first step feel manageable and respectful for anyone reaching out for help.
Her style centers on clear listening and practical steps. She uses client-centered techniques to make conversations feel personal and grounded. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps when patterns of thinking and behavior contribute to distress.
Background and approach
Mindfulness tools are offered to build calmer moments and better focus during the day. Clients may work on restoring trust after loss or trauma, handling grief, or improving sleep and self-esteem. Dana also addresses issues like parenting stress, career shifts, compassion fatigue, and the mixed effects of chronic illness.
She brings experience with a wide range of concerns including ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and intimacy-related issues. Sessions are aimed at small, achievable changes. Dana often combines short-term problem-solving with deeper work on attachment and communication.
Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy support forward movement when people feel stuck. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She helps people set realistic goals, track progress, and adjust plans when life changes.
The focus is on what can help now and what can sustain change over time.
02Credentials
- LPC (Oklahoma)
- License LPC04935 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1740573252 · 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- 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
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Dana names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers empathy, and helps people discover what changes feel right for them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try different tools, and adjust plans when something isn’t working. Together they decide which combination of listening, skill-building, and short-term problem solving fits best for the issue at hand.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller session is helpful. Phone sessions work well when a connection needs less bandwidth or camera time. Live chat and text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or to fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to maintain progress while balancing family, work, and other responsibilities.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Dana commonly help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflicts, grief, trauma, sleep issues, parenting strain, career changes, and related challenges.
What therapeutic style does she use in sessions?
She combines client-centered listening with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques to address both immediate problems and longer-term patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience working with people from varied backgrounds and life situations.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Oklahoma and practices from that location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with this clinician?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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