- Stress and anxiety
- Blended family issues
- Eating and body image
About Dana
Dana Peterson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Certified Social Worker (CSW) with licenses in Georgia and Kentucky and 10 years of professional experience. She works with adults who are managing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, family concerns, eating issues, and depression. Dana also lists work with blended family issues and related challenges such as attachment and abandonment concerns.
She emphasizes that each person knows their own story and brings strengths to therapy. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear conversation rather than jargon. Expect straightforward discussion about goals, small changes to try between meetings, and check-ins on what helps.
Dana has ten years of clinical practice in settings that addressed relationship and family problems and eating-related concerns. That background informs her approach to stepfamily topics like negotiating new roles, communication patterns, and loyalty conflicts. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address emotional and behavioral patterns.
In sessions she talks through coping strategies for anxiety and stress, communication skills for difficult conversations, and ways to manage eating-related struggles. She also supports people working through separation or divorce related issues and the ripple effects those events bring.
She offers therapy in English and does not accept international clients. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session via the See online therapy options button.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Two common evidence-based approaches she uses are cognitive-behavioral methods and skills-based work. Cognitive-behavioral techniques look at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and introduce practical exercises to shift patterns that feed anxiety or depression. Skills-based work focuses on hands-on tools like communication techniques and behavioral experiments to try between meetings.Another useful strand is attachment-informed thinking, which helps people understand how early relationship patterns shape reactions now and supports clearer decisions about boundaries and closeness. These approaches are applied to issues such as blended family tensions, trust and abandonment concerns, and eating-related behaviors.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean mixing techniques or trying a short course of focused exercises to see what helps.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm available session types before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so people can attend between other obligations. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions to keep progress moving forward.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Georgia, Kentucky
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Dana works with stress, anxiety, relationships, family issues, eating concerns, and depression. She also lists focus on blended family issues and related topics such as attachment and abandonment.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and conversational. She emphasizes the client's strengths and uses evidence-based techniques to set goals and try small changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working in clinical settings that addressed relationship, family, and eating-related concerns.
What credentials and region does she hold?
She is an LCSW and a CSW, licensed in Kentucky as a LCSW and in Georgia as a CSW, and practices from Georgia.
Does she work in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to begin.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.