Dana Andersen, LPC, LPCC
Minnesota · 15 years in practice
Dana Andersen is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and the fallout from trauma.
License and registration
- LPCC, Minnesota
- 01945 · expires September 2026
- LPC, Arizona
- LPC-22916 · expires February 2028
- NPI
- 1982482436 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Dana
Dana Andersen is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and the fallout from trauma. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that fit into everyday life. She has 15 years of clinical experience and works with clients in Minnesota.
Her approach begins by listening to each person's story and strengths. Dana treats the person, not the label. She uses methods from Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people understand emotions and act in line with their values.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and solution-focused tools are used when concrete skills or short-term goals are useful. Sessions typically center on clear goals and small, manageable changes. Dana helps people name feelings, practice new responses, and notice patterns that keep problems stuck.
She draws on familiar therapeutic plans so work between sessions stays simple and doable. Over the years she has helped people cope with loss, chronic illness, caregiving stress, relationship communication struggles, and issues around abandonment or commitment. Dana also supports those dealing with guilt, shame, loneliness, and life transitions.
She offers multiple online options so clients can choose what works best for them. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session time that fits the client's routine.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Dana names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches shape online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions that guide their behavior and relationships. It focuses on understanding key feelings and changing how someone responds when emotions run high. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches how to accept difficult thoughts while acting on values that matter, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person's own goals guide the work.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Dana will talk with clients about what matters to them, what feels useful, and what they want to change. Together they choose methods that fit the person's goals and daily life, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit real schedules. Video gives visual cues for emotion work, phone can be a good shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited, and text options let people send quick updates or do steady work between sessions. These formats make it easier to attend regularly and to practice changes in the settings where life actually happens.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Dana help with?
Dana works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on issues like chronic illness, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems.
What is Dana's therapy style like?
She combines emotion-focused listening with practical skills work. Sessions aim to identify feelings, set clear goals, and practice changes that fit daily life.
How much experience does she have?
Dana has 15 years of professional experience working with people facing emotional and life stressors.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Dana?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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