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.
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 are ready to face the truth about what’s not working—and finally start building the life they want. She specializes in addiction recovery, helping clients address both chemical dependencies (like alcohol or drugs) and behavioral addictions (such as food, sex, or compulsive spending). Whether you’re brand new to recovery, coming back after a relapse, or just tired of trying to manage it all on your own, Dana offers structure, insight, and real-world strategies to support lasting change. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Gestalt, Reality Therapy, Psychodynamic and Twelve Step principles to help clients understand their patterns, take accountability, and build the emotional muscles needed for long-term freedom.
Dana also has a deep passion for helping women who are rebuilding after abusive or controlling relationships. She offers a validating, no-nonsense space where women can process what they’ve been through, identify the effects of relational harm, and begin to reclaim their sense of self-worth and identity. Her approach is empowering and practical—focused on helping women establish boundaries, trust their instincts again, and step into a life that feels safe, strong, and fully their own.
In addition, Dana works with clients who struggle with OCD, perfectionism, or obsessive thinking patterns that leave them exhausted and emotionally stuck. She uses CBT-based interventions to help clients challenge their thoughts, build distress tolerance, and shift out of rigid control cycles. Her direct, structured style is especially helpful for clients who want tools and traction—not just insight.
Across every area of her work, Dana brings a mix of clarity, energy, and fierce encouragement. She believes that healing starts when we get honest, take responsibility, and ask for help—and she’s here to walk with you every step of the way.
Dana works with clients navigating the many forms of grief and loss—whether from the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, the loss of a dream, or the pain of life not turning out the way you hoped. She offers a space where grief doesn’t have to be rushed, minimized, or spiritualized away. Dana helps clients process loss honestly while also giving them tools to manage day-to-day life in the midst of deep emotional pain. Her approach is validating, grounded, and hopeful—supporting clients as they move through sorrow with strength, faith, and renewed meaning.
Major life transitions—whether chosen or unexpected—can leave even the strongest people feeling disoriented. Dana helps clients navigate seasons of transition (or life transitions) with clarity, emotional steadiness, and practical support. Whether you’re moving through midlife or retirement, adjusting to a major career or identity shift, or adjusting to life after loss, Dana brings perspective and direction to help you stay anchored. She focuses on helping clients rebuild confidence, set goals, and move forward with purpose—even when the path ahead feels uncertain.
For clients who want to integrate their faith into the recovery process, Dana offers Christian addiction counseling that is both spiritually anchored from a Christian-Judeo worldview and clinically sound. She weaves biblical truth, Twelve Step principles, and real-world strategies into the work of healing, helping clients address the spiritual disconnection that often accompanies addiction. Dana supports clients in breaking shame cycles, rediscovering their identity in Christ, and rebuilding their relationship with God—one rooted not in performance, but in grace. Whether you’re navigating sobriety, forgiveness, or freedom from self-condemnation, Dana offers faith-based support that is honest, hope-filled, and firmly grounded 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.