- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Dana
Dana Juarez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Oklahoma with nine years of experience in mental health. She served 20 years in the US Marines before moving into clinical work, and she combines a direct, no-nonsense style with an emphasis on collaboration. Dana focuses on helping people find practical ways forward when life feels overwhelming.
She uses a respectful and goal-focused approach in sessions. Clients can expect clear guidance, occasional challenges, and steady encouragement aimed at whatever they want to change.
Background and approach
Dana emphasizes listening first, then working together to choose tools that fit each person’s needs. Her clinical focus includes relationship and family concerns, parenting questions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and stress. She also supports people dealing with attachment wounds, blended family issues, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and life transitions.
Fatherhood issues, communication problems, and the effects of abandonment are among additional areas she addresses. In practice she draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral strategies, trauma-focused interventions, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. When trauma is central to a person’s story, she may use trauma-focused work alongside other approaches to reduce the hold of painful memories.
Sessions are practical and aimed at translating insights into real change. Dana meets people where they are and helps them set clear, manageable goals. She encourages small steps that add up to lasting changes.
Her background in military service and years in mental health shape a calm, focused way of working with clients.
What Dana works with
Everything Dana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Dana helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dana lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s goals. A therapist using this approach reflects what you say and helps you clarify your priorities, which can be helpful for relationship, parenting, and self-esteem concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises and simple experiments to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often used for trauma-focused work, helps reduce the intensity of traumatic memories by pairing focused attention with guided processing. This can make distressing memories less disruptive to daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, needs, and preferences, and may combine approaches as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people connect face-to-face when schedules or distance make in-person visits hard. Phone sessions can fit during a short break or when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, ongoing reflection, and support between sessions. Together these options make it easier to stick with therapy and try tools in real-life moments.
Questions people ask about Dana
What concerns does Dana commonly address?
She helps with relationship and family issues, parenting, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
What is her approach in sessions?
Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused, blending client-centered listening with practical techniques and gentle challenges to promote change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Dana has nine years of experience working in the mental health field and holds a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Oklahoma.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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