Dana Peterson, LCSW, CSW
Licensed in Georgia · 10 years in practice
Dana Peterson uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, family conflict, eating concerns, and depression.
License and registration
- CSW, Georgia
- CSW008593 · expires September 2026
- LCSW, Kentucky
- 257625 · expires January 2029
- NPI
- 1184316002 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
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About Dana
Dana Peterson uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, family conflict, eating concerns, and depression. She brings ten years of clinical experience and aims to create a practical, steady space for people to address what feels hard right now. Dana believes clients are the experts on their own lives.
She helps people notice strengths they already have and build on those strengths to manage difficult feelings and make clearer decisions.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on workable steps and honest conversation rather than jargon or long lectures. Her background includes work across settings that exposed her to a range of family and relationship challenges. That experience informs her approach to issues like attachment, blended family dynamics, abandonment, and adoption and foster care concerns.
She also supports people facing body image and eating-related struggles alongside other life stressors. Dana is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - and also holds CSW designation. She practices from Georgia and draws on a decade of helping people with communication problems, commitment worries, control issues, and the aftermath of separation or domestic violence.
In sessions she focuses on clear goals and practical tools. People can expect collaborative planning, straightforward feedback, and help finding smaller steps that feel doable. Her style is steady and direct, aimed at helping people make real changes in day-to-day life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Online support
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Two evidence-based approaches often used in Dana's work are skills-focused therapy and problem-focused talk therapy. Skills-focused therapy teaches concrete strategies for managing anxiety, stress, and eating-related behaviors so clients have tools to use between sessions. Problem-focused talk therapy centers on identifying patterns in relationships and communication and then testing new ways of interacting to reduce conflict and improve connection.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dana will work with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts methods as progress unfolds so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat supports quicker check-ins, and messaging is useful for short updates or ongoing reflections. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the work focused on real changes.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dana commonly address?
Dana works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, eating issues, and depression. She also focuses on related topics like attachment, abandonment, blended family issues, body image, and substance-related problems.
How would you describe Dana's therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. Sessions emphasize clear goals, doable steps, and building on the client's existing strengths.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of professional experience working in clinical settings that involved family, relationship, and eating-related concerns.
Where is Dana licensed and located?
Dana holds LCSW status and CSW designation and practices from Georgia. She is also licensed in Kentucky as noted by her credentials.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Dana?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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