- Client-centered focus
- Practical skills
- Strength-based care
About Dana
Dana Spitz is an LCSW practicing in New Jersey with 22 years of clinical experience. She takes a client-centered approach, meeting people where they are and focusing on strengths. Dana aims to help people reduce symptoms and build practical skills for everyday life.
She helps with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, grief, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. Relationship problems, communication issues, and career stress are also part of her work. Additional areas she addresses include abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
In sessions she collaborates with each person to identify underlying causes and to set clear goals. Dana combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused strategies to create a personalized plan. When barriers appear, she and the client develop steps to remove them and keep progress moving forward.
Her style is sensitive and compassionate while remaining practical. She emphasizes real skills people can use between sessions to manage moods, handle conflict, and cope with life changes. The goal is to help people gain insight and build tools for lasting change.
Getting started involves a simple matching process and scheduling based on availability. Sessions are offered in English from her New Jersey practice. If someone wants to begin, they are invited to complete the initial questionnaire and arrange the first meeting.
How her therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace. It helps people feel heard and supported while they identify goals and use their strengths to move forward.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It provides step-by-step strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress by changing unhelpful thinking and practicing new behaviors.
Emotionally-focused ideas help people notice and name feelings and improve how they connect with others. This can be useful for relationship concerns, attachment issues, and patterns that cause loneliness or isolation.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs and preferences and choose methods that fit their goals. That means plans may combine listening-based care with practical CBT or solution-focused steps as needed.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific online formats. Ask about the available session options when you schedule so you can pick what fits your routine. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, or keep appointments during transitions. It also allows shorter check-ins when schedules demand a brief conversation rather than a full meeting.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Dana supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, relationship and family conflicts, and career or life-change challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centered, which means she works with each person to set goals and follow their pace. She also uses cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods to teach practical skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience providing therapy in a variety of settings and with a wide range of concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in New Jersey and practices in that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.