About Dana
Dana Wile is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions. She offers calm, direct support for relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, and career or purpose questions. Her style is warm and straightforward, focused on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Dana keeps a small caseload and balances part-time work in education with her counseling practice.
Background and approach
That allows her to offer focused attention and flexible scheduling for morning and evening appointments. She emphasizes an affirming, inclusive approach that honors each person’s identity and cultural background. Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy.
Sessions often include clear goals, skill-building, and space to make sense of personal stories. Dana aims to translate ideas into everyday changes people can try right away. She brings an academic background in African American and Latino/a Studies and several years navigating school and social systems.
This experience informs how she understands cultural pressures and systemic forces that affect daily life. Dana combines curiosity with practical tools to help people manage anxiety, improve communication, and address caregiver stress. People who choose Dana can expect honest conversation, practical guidance, and steady support.
She works to build clarity and connection while helping clients find actions that fit their real lives.
How Dana Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Dana often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working with common life stresses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new, more helpful ways of thinking and behaving.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy ideas to create a steady, nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard. That approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and following the client’s lead so goals come from what matters most to the person. Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work; Dana collaborates with each client to choose methods that fit their needs and goals.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Dana keeps a small caseload and offers morning and evening appointments, which can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or school. Online sessions can reduce travel time, allow a shorter check-in on busy days, or offer a convenient way to maintain regular work on goals. The therapist will help tailor session timing and focus to match what works best for daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English