Dana Miller, LMFT

Dana Miller is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Dana emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a steady, nonjudgmental approach as clients take steps toward change.

She draws on 13 years of clinical experience and adapts conversations to each persons needs. Sessions aim to clarify what matters most, set small achievable goals, and practice skills between meetings. Dana uses methods that combine thinking skills, emotion regulation, and present-moment awareness to reduce distress and improve coping.

In practice she blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques with Dialectical Behavior Therapy strategies and mindfulness exercises when helpful. She also uses solution-focused ideas to keep work concrete and forward-moving. The plan is always collaborative so people know why a particular tool is being tried.

Dana has worked with a wide range of concerns that include abandonment, codependency, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and the lasting effects of domestic violence. She helps people talk through communication problems, commitment worries, and the emotional fallout of separation or chronic illness.

Her style is practical and compassionate. She invites people to bring real-life problems into the room and practices skills that can be used between sessions. To begin, clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first appointment.

How Danas therapeutic approaches translate to online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice how thoughts affect feelings and actions and then practices different thinking and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety and low mood. It is useful for worry, panic, and unhelpful habits that keep people stuck.

DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches emotion-regulation and coping skills such as distress tolerance and mindful awareness. Those techniques can help when emotions feel overwhelming or when relationships trigger repeated conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dana will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try approaches and adjust as needed so the therapy fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.

For practical matters, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Many people find that practicing CBT and DBT skills between sessions fits well with online therapy, and Dana uses homework and real-life assignments to help those skills stick.