Dana Teeter, LCSW

Dana Teeter is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Indiana who helps people handle stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and life changes. She keeps language simple and practical, focusing on skills that can be used right away. Dana blends talk therapy with mind-body practices to help people feel steadier day to day.

She uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and mindfulness approaches. Sessions often include breathing exercises, gentle movement ideas, and ways to notice and reframe negative thoughts. Dana also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills and motivational interviewing to support goal setting and emotional regulation.

Dana has about 10 years of experience, much of it working in schools with children and teens who had anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, or trauma. That background shaped her practical focus on coping skills, emotion regulation, and communication strategies. She has experience writing IEPs, 504 plans, and behavior intervention plans and has worked with school staff to put those plans into practice.

In addition to clinical work, Dana brings lived experience as a parent of two children diagnosed with ADHD. She combines that perspective with training in yoga, breath work, and progressive muscle relaxation to teach tools clients can use outside sessions. She is Yogafit certified and holds a Revelation Wellness® instructor credential.

Dana aims to help each person build a simple, realistic plan for mental health that fits their daily life. Sessions are collaborative and focused on small steps that lead to clearer thinking and better coping.

How Dana Uses Practical Therapy Approaches Online

Dana often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and practice small behavior changes. CBT sessions focus on simple exercises to change thinking patterns and try new responses to stress and anxiety.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions follow the client's concerns and pace. This approach emphasizes active listening, validation, and helping people clarify their own goals for change.

Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when someone needs tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness. These are taught as clear steps people can try between sessions to manage strong feelings.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Dana works with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and how they prefer to learn. She adjusts tools over time based on what is actually helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.