Dana Phillips

Practical CBT strategies with an empathic focus

LPC New Jersey

Experience: 10 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Dana

Dana Phillips centers her work in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered principles to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, depression, trauma, and other life challenges.

Background and approach

She brings ten years of clinical experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor and blends practical skill-building with an emphasis on respectful, empathic connection. Dana frames therapy as a collaborative space where insight and actionable strategies meet the client’s real-world goals.

With a background that includes school counseling and substance use prevention, Dana has supported clients across a broad range of issues including grief, parenting challenges, eating and body image concerns, addiction, anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and ADHD.

Her additional focus areas include adoption and foster care matters, attachment and blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and family-of-origin problems. She adapts techniques from DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing as needed while maintaining a client-centered stance.

Based in New Jersey, Dana works with people seeking practical coping strategies as well as deeper relational and emotional work. She emphasizes trust, nonjudgment, and open dialogue while helping clients translate session insights into lasting daily changes.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Healing

Many clients benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practicing alternative skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and acceptance, creating a supportive environment where clients can explore feelings and make their own changes at a comfortable pace. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds structured skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for managing intense emotions and relationship conflict.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dana works with each individual to assess needs, goals, and preferences and to blend techniques that fit the client’s situation. She aims to teach practical tools while maintaining an empathic, client-focused relationship so changes can be sustained outside of sessions.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules and to access support from home. These options allow for ongoing skill practice, check-ins between meetings, and multiple ways to communicate based on what feels most helpful for the client.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Dana commonly address in sessions?

Dana works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, eating and body image concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, bipolar, and ADHD among others.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered principles and elements of DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to combine skill-building with empathic, collaborative care.

What is Dana's professional background and experience?

She has ten years of counseling experience that include school counseling, substance use prevention work, and independent practice and contracted roles within child service systems.

Where is Dana licensed and what credential does she hold?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey and holds the NJ LPC number 37pc00477200.

Does she offer services in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available with this therapist?

Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to scheduling and availability.

How are fees and payment handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working together?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsDepression Coping with life changes

Also works with

Addictions Trauma and abuse GriefEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shame Impulsivity Isolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposePost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

New Jersey

Languages

English