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Dana Hall

Compassionate trauma-informed counseling

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About Dana

Dana Hall offers support for a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family challenges, addictions, grief, and LGBTQ matters.

Background and approach

With two decades of experience in mental health and education, she helps people address core issues like intimacy, self-esteem, parenting struggles, career transitions, and coping with life changes. Her background also includes work with chronic pain and illness, dissociation, fertility and family of origin issues, and compassion fatigue.

Holding an LCPC credential in Illinois, Dana combines clinical training in trauma care with practical therapeutic tools. She uses approaches grounded in acceptance and commitment concepts, client-centered principles, cognitive-behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and emotionally focused work to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.

Her style is described as empathic, transparent, and strength-based, emphasizing respect, warmth, and nonjudgmental collaboration. Dana has developed individualized DBT programming to teach mindfulness, emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance skills.

She accepts international clients and offers multiple formats for sessions, aiming to create a therapeutic relationship where clients can explore their story, reduce obstacles, and build sustainable coping and growth over time.

Using Evidence-Based Approaches in Online Therapy



Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify values and take action toward a meaningful life while learning to allow difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and related concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)-informed skills training emphasizes mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance to improve coping and relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and then tailor methods from ACT, CBT, DBT, or other compatible approaches to find the best fit over time.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access licensed professionals from different locations. These formats allow clients to continue skill work, process trauma-informed material, and receive ongoing support while accommodating varied routines and geographic circumstances.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?
Dana works with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family difficulties, addictions, grief, and LGBTQ matters, plus related topics like intimacy, parenting, and career challenges.
What is the general therapeutic approach and style?
The approach is empathic and strength-based, blending client-centered warmth with practical techniques from ACT, CBT, DBT, and emotionally focused methods to help clients develop coping skills and insight.
How much experience does the therapist have?
She brings 20 years of experience in mental health and education, including roles in crisis management, supervision, and program development prior to independent practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
The therapist holds an LCPC credential with Illinois registration IL LCPC 180007329 and practices from Illinois.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and the therapist accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available for therapy?
Clients can connect via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to availability and preference.
How is cost handled for therapy sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
20 years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English