If you are ready to face what is not working, Dana may fit you well. She offers honesty, strength, and real support. Dana is confident and validating. She also stays deeply invested in client healing. She brings extensive addiction recovery experience. Therefore, she helps clients explore what drives substance use. She also helps clients make meaningful behavioral changes. Then, she supports ownership of the recovery journey. This applies whether you are starting out or staying the course. Many clients know her for helping them reclaim their lives. She also supports women leaving abusive relationships. In those cases, she helps clients reclaim their voice. She also strengthens self-worth and boundary setting. In addition, she supports anxiety and depression concerns. She also helps with OCD, codependency, anger, grief, and disordered eating. Finally, she supports clients through life transitions.
Dana’s clinical presence is direct and encouraging. At the same time, she remains fiercely supportive. She listens deeply and reflects truth with care. She also brings structure and accountability into sessions. However, she pairs that structure with compassion and energy. She tracks what clients say and what they avoid saying. As a result, she often gets to the heart quickly. She does this without judgment and without wasted time.
Dana offers faith-based addiction recovery when clients request it. She understands addiction involves more than willpower. Instead, she sees surrender, identity, and transformation as central. For clients who desire it, Dana integrates biblical wisdom into therapy. She also integrates spiritual practices and Twelve Step principles. Therefore, clients can build recovery that feels practical and spiritually rooted. Her approach stays clear-eyed and grace-filled. It also emphasizes progress over perfection. She values honesty and ongoing growth. She also invites clients to let the Spirit lead.
If you’re ready to face what’s not working in your life—with honesty, strength, and real support—Dana might be the right therapist for you. She is confident, validating, and deeply invested in her clients’ healing. With extensive experience in addiction recovery, she helps clients explore what’s driving their substance use, make meaningful behavioral changes, and take ownership of their recovery journey—whether they’re just starting out or trying to stay the course. She’s known for helping people reclaim their lives when they’ve nearly lost them. She also has a deep passion for working with women who are rebuilding their lives after leaving abusive relationships—supporting them as they reclaim their voice and sense of self-worth, to heal, and to set healthy boundaries. She also helps clients navigating anxiety and depression, OCD, codependency, anger, grief, life transitions, disordered eating, and life transitions.
Dana’s clinical presence is direct, encouraging, and fiercely supportive. She listens deeply and reflects back truth with clarity and care. Dana brings structure and accountability into the therapy room, but with energy, clarity, and compassion. She listens with depth and attention—tracking what’s being said and what’s not. She has a gift for getting to the heart of the issue—without judgment and without wasting time.
As a Christian, Dana offers faith-based addiction recovery when requested. She understands that addiction isn’t just about willpower—it’s about surrender, identity, and transformation. For clients who desire it, Dana weaves biblical wisdom, spiritual practices, and Twelve Step principles into therapy to support a recovery that’s both practical and spiritually rooted. Her approach is clear-eyed and grace-filled—not about perfection, but about progress, honesty, and letting the Spirit lead.
Individuals 18+
Addicts
Women Recovering from Abusive Relationships
Addiction
Codependency
Healthy Boundaries
Anxiety
Depression
OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive tendencies
Anger
Grief & Loss
Life Transitions
Coping Skills
Eating Disorders
Spiritual Wounding
CBT
Reality
Therapy Gestalt
Psychodynamic
Motivational Interviewing
Person Centered
Mindfulness
Trauma Model Therapy
Twelve Steps
$125/hr
7522 N La Cholla Blvd Tucson, AZ 85741
Monday 10am-5pm
Tuesday 1pm-5pm
Wednesday 10am-5pm
LPC-13299 AZ Licensed Professional Counselor
MA Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology
BA Master of Arts in Creative Writing
Qualified Clinical Supervisor
Ordained Chaplain
Dana works with adults who want honest change. They feel ready to build a different life. She specializes in addiction recovery and lasting transformation. Dana addresses chemical dependence, like alcohol or drugs. She also treats behavioral addictions, like food or compulsive spending. You may feel new to recovery. You may also return after relapse. Either way, Dana offers structure and clear support. She provides insight and practical strategies for lasting change. Dana draws from CBT, Gestalt, and Reality Therapy. She also uses Psychodynamic and Twelve Step principles. Therefore, clients understand patterns and build accountability. They also build emotional strength for long-term freedom.
Dana also supports women rebuilding after abusive relationships. She understands controlling dynamics and relational harm. Therefore, she provides a validating and direct space. Women can process what they experienced without judgment. They can also name the effects of harm clearly. Then, they can rebuild identity and self-worth. Her approach stays empowering and practical. She helps clients set boundaries and trust instincts again. As a result, clients build a life that feels safe. They also build strength and personal freedom.
In addition, Dana works with OCD and perfectionism concerns. She also supports obsessive thinking patterns. These cycles can leave clients exhausted and stuck. Dana uses CBT-based tools to challenge rigid thoughts. She also builds distress tolerance and flexibility. Then, clients step out of control cycles over time. Her direct and structured style helps many clients. It often fits those who want tools and traction. They may want more than insight alone.
Across her work, Dana brings clarity and energy. She also offers fierce encouragement and steady support. She believes healing begins with honesty and responsibility. Therefore, she invites clients to ask for help. Then, she walks with them through each step.
Dana works with clients facing many forms of grief and loss. This may include a death of a loved one. It may also include a breakup or divorce. Some clients grieve a lost dream. Others grieve life not turning out as hoped. Dana offers space where grief can move at its own pace. She does not rush or minimize grief. She also avoids spiritualizing pain away. Instead, Dana helps clients process loss honestly. At the same time, she teaches tools for daily life. These tools support you during deep emotional pain. Her approach stays validating, grounded, and hopeful. Therefore, she supports clients through sorrow with strength and faith. She also helps clients rebuild meaning over time.
Major life transitions can feel disorienting. This can happen even to strong and resilient people. Transitions may feel chosen or unexpected. Dana helps clients navigate these seasons with clarity. She also supports emotional steadiness and practical next steps. You may face midlife or retirement changes. You may also face a career shift or identity shift. In addition, you may adjust to life after loss. In each case, Dana offers perspective and direction. She helps you stay anchored during uncertainty. She also helps clients rebuild confidence and set goals. Then, clients move forward with purpose and stability.
Some clients want faith integrated into recovery. If so, Dana offers Christian addiction counseling. She grounds this work in a Christian-Judeo worldview. Dana also keeps the work clinically sound and practical. She weaves biblical truth into the healing process. She also integrates Twelve Step principles and real-world strategies. Therefore, clients address spiritual disconnection tied to addiction. Dana helps clients break shame cycles and rebuild identity. She also supports identity in Christ and renewed hope. Dana helps clients rebuild their relationship with God. She roots that relationship in grace, not performance. You may navigate sobriety, forgiveness, or freedom from self-condemnation. In any case, Dana offers honest and hope-filled support. She also grounds her work firmly in Scripture.
I’m a Christian, saved by grace and faithfully walking with Jesus until I meet Him face to face. My faith is deeply rooted in Judeo-Christian values (and yes, I know a bit of Yiddish too). I welcome clients from all faith and cultural backgrounds and consider it an honor to learn from traditions different from my own. Outside the therapy room, I’m an avid quilter—I love the way mismatched pieces can come together to create something beautiful. I see therapy the same way: even the tattered parts of our stories can be sewn into something meaningful. I’m also a former competitive athlete, a path I stumbled into through a personal trainer who helped me realize I was stronger than I believed. That strength shows up in how I do therapy too: with consistency, discipline, and the belief that small efforts—when practiced faithfully—lead to real, lasting change.
I’m a Christian, saved by grace and faithfully walking with Jesus until I meet Him face to face. My faith is deeply rooted in Judeo-Christian values (and yes, I know a bit of Yiddish too). I welcome clients from all faith and cultural backgrounds and consider it an honor to learn from traditions different from my own. Outside the therapy room, I’m an avid quilter—I love the way mismatched pieces can come together to create something beautiful. I see therapy the same way: even the tattered parts of our stories can be sewn into something meaningful. I’m also a former competitive athlete, a path I stumbled into through a personal trainer who helped me realize I was stronger than I believed. That strength shows up in how I do therapy too: with consistency, discipline, and the belief that small efforts—when practiced faithfully—lead to real, lasting change.