- Years in practice
- 27
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Dayna
Dayna Hunt is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 27 years of experience. She brings a calm, practical style to sessions and focuses on helping people handle parenting stress, relationships, anxiety, and major life changes. Dayna works from California and offers support in English.
She learned counseling through a Bachelor of Science at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Dominican University in San Rafael.
Background and approach
Those programs shaped her interest in how relationships and roles affect daily life. Dayna uses approaches that are practical and hands-on. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking.
She also uses dialectical strategies to build emotion regulation, mindfulness, and better interpersonal skills. Her work often focuses on parenting concerns, blended family issues, divorce and separation, and family of origin problems. She also helps with grief, depression, trauma and abuse, postpartum challenges, addictions, and coping with life transitions.
Dayna aims to strengthen communication and set clearer boundaries. In sessions she centers the person in front of her and helps them try new perspectives. She offers tools for managing mood, improving relationships, and handling career or financial stress.
Practical skill building and steady support are consistent parts of her approach.
What Dayna works with
Everything Dayna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Dayna helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dayna lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-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 translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify values and take small steps toward what matters. It focuses on accepting difficult thoughts while moving toward meaningful goals, which can help with parenting stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical ways to notice and reframe unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It often helps with mood disorders, anxiety, and problems like low self-esteem or parenting-related worry. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and stronger interpersonal skills. Those skills are useful for relationship conflict, anger, and improving communication.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. Sessions may evolve over time as different tools are added or adjusted to fit what is working.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face when schedules and bandwidth allow. Phone sessions can be a good fit for lighter bandwidth or a shorter check-in. Text and chat messaging are useful for ongoing support between live sessions and for people who prefer typing to talking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work lives.
Questions people ask about Dayna
What concerns does Dayna commonly address?
She helps people with parenting stress, relationship problems, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and life transitions.
What is Dayna's general approach to therapy?
Her style is practical and client-centered. She blends cognitive behavioral tools with dialectical skills and a person-first Rogerian attitude.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Dayna has 27 years of experience working in independent practice, schools, family service agencies, and corporate settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and practices from California.
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Dayna?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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