Dana Benton, LICSW

Dana Benton is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 17 years of experience. She helps people facing grief, low self-esteem, career uncertainty, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Dana aims to create a practical, respectful space where clients can define goals and move forward.

She works in a collaborative way. Dana treats clients as the experts on their own lives. Sessions focus on identifying what matters to each person and taking clear, manageable steps toward those goals. Therapy often combines thought-focused tools with attention to values and relationships.

Dana draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build committed action, and Attachment-Based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current connections. Client-Centered principles guide the tone of sessions so people feel heard and respected.

Her background includes long work with grief, trauma, and issues linked to race, culture, and identity. Dana also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, postpartum mood changes, and career transitions. She pays attention to shame, guilt, and forgiveness as they come up in recovery and growth.

Sessions address practical problems as well as emotional patterns. Dana helps clients set realistic steps, test new habits, and keep track of progress. She aims to make therapy useful and understandable for people juggling busy lives.

Approach options and online therapy that fits your life

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new actions to change how they feel and cope. It can be useful for mood difficulties, grief reactions, and challenges at work or in daily life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small committed actions even when feelings are strong; it often helps with life transitions and motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and close relationships shape current relationships and emotional patterns, and it can be helpful when trust, closeness, or repeated relationship problems are a concern.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and how they respond to different methods. Over a few sessions the plan can be adjusted so the work feels practical and relevant to day-to-day life.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule. Video lets people work more like an in-person session, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for different routines and comfort levels while focusing on clear steps and real-world changes.