Dana Secord , LPC

Dana Secord is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) authorized to practice in Colorado and Texas. As an LPC, she holds a credential that qualifies her to provide professional mental health counseling and therapy. She approaches clinical work with the belief that beginning to understand one’s story is one of the bravest steps a person can take.

Dana has supported people facing hopelessness, depression, anxiety, racing thoughts, and persistent emotional pain. She recognizes how easily these struggles can come to feel like a fixed part of life and aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients can share thoughts, fears, and disappointments. She emphasizes that while everyone faces unique challenges, those challenges do not need to be faced alone.

She earned 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 worked with individuals dealing with depression, anxiety, substance use, domestic violence, relationship conflict, gender and sexual identity issues including LGBTQ+ concerns, and a range of personality, mood, and adjustment disorders. Her earlier community work included therapy for people affected by sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress, anger regulation, bipolar disorder, self-esteem struggles, and eating disorders.

Dana works with adults using an integrative, client-centered approach that encourages emotional expression and the development of self-insight. She views each person as the expert on their own life and prioritizes a collaborative, tailored plan that fits the client’s needs and goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and learn skills for accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful actions. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and persistent stress when avoidance keeps someone from living the life they want.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns shape emotional responses and expectations in close relationships. It can be helpful for people working through intimacy challenges, abandonment concerns, and relationship conflict.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical strategies to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is commonly applied to mood disorders, anxiety, and problems like sleep or eating difficulties where changing routines and thinking can produce relief.

Dana Secord approaches online care collaboratively, helping clients explore which methods and techniques fit their goals and preferences. She works with each person to tailor a plan that blends approaches when appropriate and adjusts over time as needs evolve.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to attend sessions around work, caregiving, and other commitments, support continuity of care during life transitions, and allow clients to choose the communication format that feels most comfortable and effective for them.