Dana Benton
Compassionate clinician guiding practical change
LICSW Massachusetts
- Experience
- 17 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Grief, Self esteem, Career
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Dana
Dana Benton is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts who brings 17 years of clinical experience to her work with adults facing grief, low self-esteem, career challenges, compassion fatigue, and major life changes.
Background and approach
She draws on a combination of evidence-informed approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, to tailor practical strategies that align with each person’s situation and goals. Her style centers on collaborative partnership, treating each client as the expert on their own life while offering guidance, structure, and therapeutic tools.
Dana emphasizes building on existing strengths and values to help clients move through transitions, cope with loss or stress, and explore questions of identity, purpose, and relationships. She also has experience addressing multicultural concerns, postpartum and mood-related struggles, trauma-related issues, and caregiver stress.
Clients who work with Dana can expect a respectful, strengths-focused approach that aims to clarify goals and develop workable skills for everyday challenges. Her practice communicates availability through multiple online session formats and uses a subscription model that may vary by location and scheduling needs.
Approaches that guide online therapy and practical support
Online sessions draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, offering concrete exercises and homework to address mood, self-esteem, and career-related stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) complements this by encouraging values-driven action and mindful acceptance of difficult thoughts and feelings, which can be useful for coping with grief, life transitions, and persistent worry.Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of the clinician's toolkit and focuses on understanding relationship patterns and emotional needs; this approach can clarify how early and current connections influence present-day reactions and help reshape healthier ways of relating. Dana approaches treatment collaboratively, working with clients to explore which methods fit their goals and preferences and adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during busy seasons of life, to access sessions from home, and to choose the communication style that feels most helpful while working toward concrete goals.
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Experience
17+ years
Licensed
Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Languages
English