Dana Hall, LCPC
Illinois · 20 years in practice
Dana Hall is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience based in Illinois.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180007329 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1184041840 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Dana
Dana Hall is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience based in Illinois. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship strain, or problems with substance use. Her style is warm and straightforward, and she aims to help people find real ways to manage strong emotions and get back to everyday life.
Dana draws on practical therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy.
Background and approach
She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills and emotionally focused ideas to help people with emotional regulation and relationship patterns. Dana lists EMDR among the methods she uses when appropriate for trauma processing. Before independent practice she worked in education, crisis management, and several well-known treatment settings.
She has served as a consultant and supervising therapist, and she has extensive experience designing programs, including a DBT-informed program focused on coping skills. Clients who see Dana can expect a nonjudgmental, strength-based approach. She describes the therapy space as respectful and direct, with attention to each person’s story and goals.
Sessions focus on reducing immediate distress and building practical skills for lasting change. Dana is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Illinois LCPC, and she follows trauma-informed and inclusive practices. She welcomes LGBTQ people and follows professional guidance from transgender health organizations.
Her background includes certified trauma work and long experience helping people reclaim a sense of purpose after hard events.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- 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
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Dana names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Common therapy approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-based actions instead of being ruled by anxiety or avoidance. It is useful for stress, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments and behavioral changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness to manage intense feelings and improve relationships.Dana will collaborate with each person to find the best mix of these methods. Figuring out which approach fits best is part of early sessions, and goals and methods are adjusted together as therapy progresses. The work is interactive and tailored to what feels useful for the client's daily life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits: video calls let people see facial cues and use screen tools for worksheets, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and keep momentum between appointments while still working on the same evidence-informed skills used in in-person care.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dana commonly address?
She supports people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family stress, addictions, grief, and issues like eating or sleeping problems and low self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is empathetic, direct, and strength-based. Sessions focus on practical coping skills and understanding personal patterns.
What kind of background does she bring to therapy?
She has 20 years of experience working in education, crisis management, treatment facilities, and supervisory roles, and has designed DBT-informed programs.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, practicing from Illinois.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and Dana accepts international clients.
What formats are available for meeting online?
Therapy can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
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 her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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