- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Dakota
Dakota Seale is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with ten years of clinical experience. He concentrates on helping people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Dakota aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what matters to them and figure out practical next steps.
He uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. That often means combining cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking with mindfulness strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to manage strong emotions.
Background and approach
Attachment-based ideas help when relationship patterns and closeness feel painful or confusing. Dakota describes counseling as collaborative. He treats the person as the expert on their life and helps them test out small changes to see what feels useful.
Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and skills you can try between meetings. He also works with people coping with trauma, addiction, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and career or identity concerns. Dakota speaks English and Spanish, and he practices with an emphasis on practical tools and steady emotional support.
If you are juggling parenting pressures along with sleep, mood, or relationship issues, he helps people sort priorities and build routines that reduce overwhelm and make room for connection.
What Dakota works with
Everything Dakota lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Dakota helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dakota lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then make choices that align with their values. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing out new behaviors to shift mood and stress, which can help with worry, low mood, and parenting conflicts. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationship patterns shape current connections and can be helpful when trust, closeness, or communication feel strained.Dakota works together with each person to find the right blend of approaches. He will listen to your goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust based on what helps. Finding the best approach is a shared process rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and skill work, phone sessions can be easier on low-bandwidth days or when you prefer not to be on camera, live chat offers a quick real-time option, and text-based messages are available for brief check-ins or reflections between meetings. These formats aim to make scheduling simpler and therapy more flexible for busy lives.
Questions people ask about Dakota
What concerns does Dakota address?
He focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, parenting-related issues, grief, addictions, and related challenges like self-esteem and anger.
How would sessions feel day to day?
The approach is collaborative and practical. Dakota helps people set small goals, learn coping skills, and try changes between sessions.
What is his professional background?
He has ten years of experience working with adults on mood, trauma, relationship, and life-transition concerns.
What credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Can sessions be in Spanish?
Yes, sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.
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