Dana Spigener, LPC

Dana Spigener is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of clinical experience who works with people facing addiction, relationship struggles, anger, low self-esteem, and life transitions. He brings a practical, evidence-informed approach to therapy that focuses on helping clients build coping skills, clarify goals, and restore a sense of agency when life feels overwhelming. Dana’s practice also supports those dealing with attachment concerns, caregiver stress, communication and control issues, guilt and shame, isolation, mood and panic symptoms, trauma, and questions about purpose and self-love.

Dana creates a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored openly and honestly. He collaborates with each person to identify patterns that contribute to distress and to develop realistic strategies for change, whether the focus is on managing intense emotions, improving relationships, or addressing addictive behaviors. His experience includes working with a range of mood and anxiety presentations as well as relational and behavioral challenges.

Recognizing that beginning therapy takes courage, Dana aims to make the first steps straightforward and encouraging. He emphasizes partnership in the work - listening carefully, setting clear goals, and adjusting methods to fit each person’s needs and preferences.

Evidence-Informed Techniques and Online Care

Many clients benefit from practical, skills-based work that focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. This approach helps people manage anxiety, depression, panic symptoms, and compulsive or addictive behaviors by identifying triggers, testing new responses, and building coping skills that fit everyday life.

For relationship and communication concerns, Dana emphasizes techniques that strengthen interpersonal skills and address attachment and control issues. These interventions help people improve communication, set healthier boundaries, and repair patterns that contribute to conflict or isolation.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dana works with each person to identify goals, trial methods, and adjust strategies based on what feels most effective and comfortable, so therapy evolves to match individual needs and preferences.

Online sessions - whether by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging - offer flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or travel. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, fit sessions into busy schedules, and access licensed professionals from different locations while focusing on progress and practical outcomes.