Dana Secord , LPC

Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado and Texas who brings six years of clinical experience to her work with adults. She approaches therapy with a belief that understanding one's own story is a courageous first step toward change, and she creates an environment where clients can explore thoughts, feelings, disappointments, and fears without judgment.

She holds a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas Wesleyan University and has experience in both private practice and community health settings. In private practice she has supported people facing depression, anxiety, substance abuse, domestic violence, relationship conflict, gender and sexual identity concerns, LGBTQ issues, and a range of personality, mood, and adjustment disorders. Her community health work included offering therapy to those affected by sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress, anger management needs, bipolar disorder, self-esteem struggles, and eating disorders.

Working from an integrative stance, she encourages clients to express their feelings and to develop insight about themselves and their relationships. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and collaborates with clients to tailor a unique therapeutic plan. Her scope includes stress, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, parenting and family dynamics, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and many other challenges that affect daily functioning and well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Dana Secord

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT helps clients clarify personal values and learn to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that align with what matters most. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.)

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships that stem from early connections and helps clients build healthier emotional bonds and trust. This approach can be helpful for relationship struggles, intimacy-related issues, and attachment difficulties.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathic stance in which the therapist supports the client's own exploration and self-directed growth. It is well suited to people seeking a collaborative, strengths-based process to address self-esteem, life transitions, and coping challenges.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Dana Secord works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to determine which methods best match a person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts the plan as those needs evolve.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions are scheduled and attended. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow clients to engage from different locations and at varied times, which can make consistent care more accessible around work, family, and other commitments.