Dana Secord, LPC
Compassionate counselor focused on personal stories
Details
| Name | Dana Secord |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas, Colorado |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 6 |
About Dana
Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and struggles with identity. She works with adults on issues like grief, addiction, parenting stress, and life transitions. Dana focuses on understanding each person's story and building a plan that fits their life.
She uses an integrative, narrative-informed approach that centers a person's own voice. Sessions encourage people to tell their experiences and notice patterns that shape daily choices.
Background and approach
The work is collaborative - the client is treated as the expert on their life while Dana offers tools and reflections. Dana blends several practical methods to match what a person needs. That can include acceptance and commitment techniques to manage painful feelings, cognitive-behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking, and attachment-focused work to improve relationships.
She also brings a client-centered stance that emphasizes empathy and active listening. Her training includes a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University. Dana has six years of counseling experience in community health and independent practice settings across Texas and Colorado.
She has provided care for people affected by sexual abuse, mood disorders, substance concerns, and eating or anger issues. In sessions people can expect straightforward conversation, gentle challenge, and practical steps to try between meetings. The aim is clearer choices, less isolation, and better day-to-day coping.
Dana helps people explore their stories and move toward goals that matter to them.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship issues among the things Dana works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Dana among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Dana directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Dana directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and ACT approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and on clarifying what matters to you so actions line up with those values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping during life changes. Narrative-informed work involves looking at the stories people tell about themselves, finding unhelpful patterns, and finding new ways to describe identity and choices. This is useful for issues like identity, grief, and relationship patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can help people improve trust, communication, and emotional safety in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dana will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match goals and preferences. She listens to your story and adjusts methods over time so sessions feel relevant and practical rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let conversations feel more like in-person sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins and a way to process ideas between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use approaches like ACT and narrative work in ways that suit daily life.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Dana work with?
She supports adults facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, parenting stress, ADHD, and many other life challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses an integrative, narrative-informed style that centers a person's story and combines practical techniques to fit individual needs.
What kind of experience does she have?
Dana has six years of counseling experience, including work in community health and independent practice with mood, trauma, substance, and identity-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential and practices in Texas. Her listed credentials are CO LPC and TX LPC.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Dana?
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