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Dana Steiner, LCPC

Based in Illinois Online sessions

Compassionate, practical therapy for relationship and parenting challenges

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Years in practice
26
Credentials
LCPC
Licensed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Focus
Relationship issues
Focus
Grief
Focus
Intimacy-related issues
About

About Dana

Dana Steiner is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 26 years of practice in Illinois. She focuses on relationships, parenting challenges, mood concerns, and life transitions. Dana offers clear feedback and a collaborative style to help clients set practical goals.

Dana listens closely and talks plainly about what needs to change. She blends supportive conversation with concrete strategies for managing stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She also addresses eating and body image concerns and helps people navigate illness and caregiving stress.

Background and approach

Her work with relationships includes communication skills, intimacy issues, and using the Gottman Method when appropriate for couple-related concerns. She combines cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness practices to help clients change unhelpful thoughts and calm their reactions. Dialectical behavior ideas are used to build emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills when needed.

Dana asks for feedback during sessions so the plan stays focused on what matters most to each person. Sessions emphasize simple tools you can use between meetings and clear steps to try at home. She aims for a warm, nonjudgmental atmosphere while staying practical and goal oriented.

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Dana completed undergraduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis and graduate work in Chicago. She practices in Illinois as an LCPC and brings decades of clinical experience to parenting, relationship, and life-change concerns.

Focus areas and approaches

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 Dana lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

How Dana’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on meeting each person where they are. Sessions emphasize listening, validation, and working together to set goals and try small changes that fit daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and stress and teaches concrete techniques to shift unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or depression.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dana will discuss options and adjust methods based on the client's goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills training, communication work, or mindfulness practice.

Online sessions can make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can support short updates, coaching-style guidance, or continued work between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and busy schedules.
Questions

Questions people ask about Dana

What issues does Dana commonly address?

Dana helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, grief, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and issues around eating and body image.

How would you describe her therapy style?

She uses a supportive, down-to-earth approach with direct feedback when helpful. Sessions focus on practical steps and skills to try between meetings.

What is her clinical background and experience?

She has 26 years of clinical experience and has worked with people facing life transitions, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and relationship difficulties.

What credentials and location apply to her practice?

Dana holds the LCPC credential and practices in Illinois.

Which languages are offered and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does pricing work for sessions?

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?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

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