- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas, Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Dana
Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She focuses on parents and adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, and parenting concerns. Dana listens without judgment and helps people tell their story in their own words.
Her approach is straightforward and aimed at making day-to-day life feel more manageable. Dana uses methods drawn from several evidence-informed approaches to fit each person's needs. She helps clients notice patterns of thought and behavior and build practical skills to respond differently.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with room for emotional processing when it feels right. Dana earned a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University. She has six years of clinical experience including work in independent practice and community health settings.
That background includes supporting people who have struggled with trauma, substance use, mood concerns, and identity-related challenges. In sessions she encourages clients to identify what matters most to them and to take small, doable steps toward those values. She emphasizes collaboration - the client’s priorities guide the plan.
Over time she helps people make changes that fit their life and responsibilities. Dana offers a practical mix of skill-building, meaning-oriented work, and emotional support. She aims to help parents and adults find clearer ways to handle conflict, calm intense emotions, sleep better, and cope with life changes.
Her style is calm, direct, and empathetic.
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.
- 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 Dana lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and making behavior changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing different responses. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep and eating problems, and stress management.
Dana will work together with the client to decide which approach or combination fits best. That means talking about goals, testing ideas, and adjusting the plan as needed. The plan evolves from the client’s priorities and day-to-day realities.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a problem. Live chat or text messaging can fit quick check-ins or short coaching-style support between longer sessions. These options help clients fit care around work, parenting, and other obligations.
Questions people ask about Dana
What concerns does Dana help with?
Dana supports adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and related issues.
What is Dana’s therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and conversational. She mixes skill practice with emotional reflection and focuses on what matters to the client.
What training and experience does she have?
Dana holds a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University and has six years of clinical experience in independent practice and community health settings.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with credentials listed as CO LPC and TX LPC and practices in Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist scheduling and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Dana?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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