Dana O'Neill

Dana O'Neill is a licensed clinician who focuses on helping people regain motivation, confidence, and calm. She holds the LCPC and the LMHC and brings nine years of clinical experience to sessions. Dana speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel doable, not overwhelming.

Dana centers her work on mindfulness and skills for managing strong emotions. She uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills alongside cognitive techniques to help people notice thoughts, respond differently, and change unhelpful patterns. Sessions often include simple practices to reconnect body sensations and mood.

Clients often come in feeling stuck at work, disconnected in relationships, or exhausted by anxiety and self-criticism. Dana helps people who want clearer direction, steadier mood, and healthier self-care. She also addresses struggles with anger, addictions, grief, body image, and identity concerns.

Her background includes work in community settings, residential programs, and private practice across nine years. Dana combines practical skill-building with a focus on learning to accept and move through vulnerability. She invites people to set small goals and practice new ways of responding between sessions.

Dana works from Florida and conducts sessions in English. She encourages a collaborative approach where goals are chosen together and progress is measured in everyday life changes.

How DBT and CBT skills translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters to the person in front of Dana. It helps clarify goals and makes sessions feel collaborative and directed by the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and uses short exercises and experiments to change those patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that people can practice between sessions.

Picking the right approach is part of the work. Dana will help you decide which methods to try based on your needs, goals, and what feels useful. That decision is made together and can change as progress is made.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around work or family obligations and keeping momentum when life gets busy. Online work can make it easier to try short check-ins, practice skills in real time, or do guided mindfulness exercises at home. Because specific session formats were not listed in the biography, confirm the current options before booking to know which formats are offered.