- client-centered care
- goal focused work
- trauma aware
About Dana
Dana Spitz is an LCSW with 22 years of clinical experience helping people address anxiety, stress, depression, and family concerns. She uses a client-centered approach and focuses on practical goals that make daily life easier. Dana aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can name their problems and begin to change them.
Her work often combines cognitive behavioral techniques with solution-focused strategies to build clearer thinking and small, achievable steps. She pays attention to trauma and its effects, and will bring trauma-focused methods into care when they fit a person’s needs. Emotionally-focused ideas guide help around relationships and attachment concerns.
Dana supports people dealing with grief, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to adoption, abandonment, or family-of-origin wounds. She helps address shame, guilt, isolation, and patterns like codependency or dependent personality struggles. The emphasis is on everyday improvements rather than labels.
Sessions start by identifying what matters most to the person and agreeing on concrete goals. Dana works collaboratively to spot barriers and build plans to move past them. She uses simple tools from CBT to change unhelpful thoughts and from solution-focused work to create immediate next steps.
People who come for help can expect straightforward discussion, gentle challenge, and practical homework when helpful. The aim is to leave sessions with clear steps to practice between meetings. Dana practices in New Jersey and conducts therapy in English.
How Dana’s Approaches Shape Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy means sessions begin with your priorities and move at your pace. The therapist listens, reflects what matters to you, and helps you set clear, personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change thinking patterns.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, symptoms, and preferences, and together you will decide which ideas to try first. That collaborative planning can change over time as needs shift or progress is made.
Confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, since sessions may better accommodate travel, work breaks, or caregiving schedules. Virtual sessions can allow shorter check-ins when needed, and written follow-ups or worksheets can be shared to practice skills between meetings. The focus is on making therapy practical and usable in everyday life while matching the approach to each person's needs.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Dana commonly address?
She helps people with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, and career or life-change struggles.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is client-centered and collaborative, combining cognitive behavioral and solution-focused techniques to set goals and practice concrete steps between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 22 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker to her practice.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is an LCSW licensed in New Jersey and provides services from that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.