About Dana
Dr. Dana Scoville helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, or big life changes. She works with individuals who want practical ways to cope, build resilience, and feel more in control.
Dana is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, practicing in Florida with over two decades of experience. Her sessions are straightforward and goal-focused. She draws from several evidence-based approaches to help people notice thought patterns, try new behaviors, and develop steady habits that support everyday mental health.
Background and approach
Conversations emphasize small, doable changes rather than quick fixes. Dana treats mental health as an ongoing part of life, not a label. She helps clients identify where they fall on a spectrum of functioning and what steps might move them toward better day-to-day functioning.
Work in therapy often includes building coping skills, managing compassion fatigue, and addressing relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She often uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings, clarify values, and take practical action. Mindfulness techniques are used to reduce reactivity and improve focus, while solution-focused strategies help set concrete short-term goals.
Dana’s style is empowering and practical. She helps clients design lifestyle adjustments that fit their routines and strengths. Sessions are suitable for people who want direct guidance, clear steps, and a collaborative plan to handle stress, depression, career pressure, and trauma-related symptoms.
Practical approaches for online care
Dr. Scoville commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then focus on actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thought patterns and behaviors to find small, testable changes that reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She treats it as a collaboration that starts by talking about your goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together the client and therapist try strategies, track what helps, and adjust the plan so it fits the person’s life and needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and messaging make brief check-ins and skill practice easy between sessions. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels while keeping therapy practical and focused on real-life change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English