About Dana
Dana Vander Veen is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with nine years of experience based in Maryland. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma or abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Her work aims to make the first step toward change feel more possible and less overwhelming.
Dana brings care and compassion to sessions and emphasizes treating the whole person - mind, body, and spirit.
How Dana works
She focuses on creating an open and nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about their thoughts and feelings. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. In sessions she supports people working through specific concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, body image and eating-related struggles, and feelings of emptiness.
She also addresses commitment and control issues, family of origin problems, and coping after natural or human-caused disasters. Dana frames therapy as a partnership that emphasizes practical steps and personal resilience. She encourages clients to name small, achievable goals and build on them over time.
Her style is warm and straightforward, focusing on what helps a client feel steadier between sessions. People who choose Dana can expect a respectful, empathetic clinician who aims to empower them to move toward a more satisfying life. She accepts international clients and offers services in English.
What Dana works with
The areas below are the ones Dana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and how they fit online
In practice Dana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior, then practice new ways of responding to stress and anxiety. This is useful for day-to-day worries, low mood, and building coping skills.Another approach emphasizes processing traumatic or painful experiences at a pace that feels manageable. It supports people who have been through abuse, disasters, or other distressing events by helping them make sense of what happened and reduce its hold on daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dana collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress is made so the fit improves over time.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm available session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when people need them. Licensed professionals can use remote sessions to help people maintain momentum between in-person visits and to keep therapy consistent through life changes.
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