Dana Spitz, LCSW
New Jersey · 22 years in practice
Dana Spitz is an LCSW licensed in New Jersey with 22 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC05633700 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1982201653 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 22
- 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 Spitz is an LCSW licensed in New Jersey with 22 years of clinical experience. She takes a client-centered approach and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship or parenting struggles. Her style is collaborative and practical, aimed at making daily life feel more manageable.
Dana uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered, cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and trauma-focused methods. Sessions start by identifying what matters most to the client and setting clear, realistic goals.
Background and approach
She helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and practices new ways of coping and communicating. Her work often addresses family of origin issues, attachment concerns, abandonment and adoption-related challenges, codependency, caregiving stress, and problems with commitment or control. She also supports people facing career stress, compassion fatigue, low self-esteem, anger, loneliness, and major life changes.
The approach is to break issues into manageable steps and build skills that fit a person's life. Dana combines direct skills practice with reflective, emotion-focused work so clients both understand their reactions and learn practical alternatives. She partners with people to remove barriers that get in the way of progress and adjusts plans as needs change.
Sessions can include short-term solutions and longer-term healing work. People who start therapy with Dana can expect a steady, compassionate partner who helps them build tools for coping and move toward clearer goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dana names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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 Emotion-Focused and Skills-Based Work Translate Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and shift emotional responses that keep them stuck. In practice, this means naming feelings, tracking how they show up in relationships, and practicing new ways to express needs and connect with others. Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the center of the work and focuses on listening, empathy, and building on strengths to move toward goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety or depression and teaches concrete skills to change them.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and preferences and recommend a collaborative plan. That plan can blend emotion-focused exploration with skill practice or short-term solution work depending on what a person wants to achieve.
Online formats make this flexibility possible. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or between-session practice. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress and emotional insight.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dana commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and parenting struggles, and related issues like codependency and attachment problems.
What is Dana's therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and collaborative, combining Emotionally-Focused Therapy with CBT and solution-focused techniques to set goals and practice new skills.
How much experience does she have?
Dana has 22 years of experience as a licensed social worker supporting people with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is Dana licensed and based?
She is an LCSW licensed in the state of New Jersey and practices there.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different scheduling needs.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Dana?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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