- Years in practice
- 21
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Dana
Dana McKennon is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with 21 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and parenting concerns. She makes space for honest conversation and practical problem solving. Her approach is straightforward and focused on what helps right now.
In sessions she listens first and asks clear questions to understand daily pressures and routines. She helps people sort through upsetting thoughts and broken patterns so they can try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Conversations are direct but supportive, aimed at breaking concerns into small, manageable steps. Dana often works with attention and focus challenges, including ADHD-related struggles with concentration and memory. She also addresses fears and repetitive behaviors such as panic, phobias, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and trichotillomania with strategies that fit each person’s life.
Trauma and abuse are handled with care and attention to how past events show up now. She helps people notice triggers, build coping tools, and practice responses that feel safer over time. Parenting topics focus on everyday strain and finding workable routines and communication habits.
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented while remaining respectful of each person’s pace. Dana encourages small experiments between meetings to test what improves daily functioning. She invites people to take the next step when they feel ready and offers steady support along the way.
What Dana works with
Everything Dana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Dana helps people with.
Approaches and online options for practical change
Evidence-based approaches focus on clear skills and real-life practice. One common option teaches coping skills for anxiety and panic by identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new responses in small steps; this helps with panic attacks, social fears, and everyday worry. Another approach concentrates on attention and organization strategies for people with ADHD-related struggles, offering routines and memory aids to improve focus and daily function. Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will review your goals, try different strategies, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to use and how to pace work between sessions. Online therapy offers flexible ways to stay connected. Video calls let you use face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets or exercises. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, ongoing support and quick problem-solving between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting schedules and varying routines.Questions people ask about Dana
What concerns does Dana commonly address?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and attention or focus difficulties such as ADHD.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She listens first and works in a practical, step-by-step way to reduce daily stress and improve routines. Conversations aim to turn worries into small experiments that can be practiced between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional work experience supporting people with a range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LCPC credential and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with clients outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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