Therapist profile
Dana Secord, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Mood
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- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Texas / 81781; LPC, Colorado / LPC.0017943
- NPI
- 1548866205
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Texas
About
- Codependency support
- CBT and DBT skills
- Attachment work
About Dana
Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado and Texas with six years of experience. She works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed by depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, relationship strain, or the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with substance use, questions about gender and sexual identity, and struggles tied to grief, parenting, or caregiving.
Dana uses an integrative, client-centered approach. Sessions are conversational. She encourages people to say what they are feeling and to name the patterns that keep causing pain. Together she and the client look at thoughts, behaviors, and relationships to find clearer choices in day-to-day life.
Her training includes cognitive behavioral strategies and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help with emotion regulation and coping. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice what matters to them and act on it. Attachment-based work is used when relationship history affects current reactions.
In clinical work she has supported adults facing depression, bipolar issues, trauma-related stress, eating concerns, and anger. She has experience helping people who live with chronic health issues, caregiving stress, and the fallout of adoption or abandonment. Codependency and intimacy-related struggles are among the issues she helps people untangle.
Dana expects therapy to be a collaborative process. She treats clients as the experts on their lives and works with them to build practical skills and insight. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site.
How sessions work
How therapy approaches map to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, avoidance, and decisions about relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current reactions and communication, which can clarify patterns in intimacy and codependent behaviors.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide what techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Confirm the current session formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing commute time or allowing shorter check-ins during a break. Some formats require less bandwidth or no camera at all, which can help when a quieter setting is needed or when a quick skills check-in is more practical than a full session.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Texas, Colorado
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with adults on depression, anxiety, trauma and relationship or intimacy-related concerns, among other issues listed in her specialties.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses an integrative, client-centered style that emphasizes conversation, insight, and practical skills development.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working in private practice and community health settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado and Texas and practices from Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.