Dana Secord, LPC

Dana Secord, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado and Texas, has six years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, LGBT issues, and addictions. Dana uses an integrative approach and encourages clients to speak openly about feelings and relationships.

Dana sees persistent sadness, racing thoughts, hopelessness, and emotional pain as things people can address rather than accept as normal. She helps people name what they are feeling and notice patterns that keep problems going. Sessions focus on developing insight and practical skills to manage symptoms and daily life.

Her training includes a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University. She has worked in private practice and community health settings. That work included supporting people impacted by sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress, anger issues, bipolar disorder, substance use, and eating concerns.

Dana describes therapy as a collaborative process. She treats each client as the expert on their life and builds a plan with them. The plan can draw on cognitive behavioral tools, acceptance-based ideas, attachment work, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy.

Practical challenges are part of the focus. She addresses sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, career stress, and caregiver burden. She also helps people cope with grief, abandonment, identity questions, and communication problems.

People who prefer clear, down-to-earth conversation may find her style straightforward and goal-oriented. The emphasis is on learning useful strategies and testing them between sessions. To begin, follow the site process to match and schedule a first session.

How Dana integrates common approaches in online sessions