Dana Vander Veen

Dana Vander Veen is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland with nine years of clinical experience. She helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Her practice also focuses on issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, codependency, and family of origin problems.

She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address both everyday struggles and deeper patterns. Sessions are conversational and practical. Dana listens for patterns in relationships and behavior, and then offers tools to manage symptoms and make changes that fit each person’s life.

Her approach considers mental and physical factors that affect wellbeing. She talks through coping skills, emotion regulation, and decision making in clear, plain language. Clients can expect straightforward strategies they can try between sessions.

Dana aims to make it easier to tackle difficult memories, shake free from stuck habits, and rebuild confidence after loss or upheaval. She works with people on concrete concerns like communication problems, commitment issues, and eating or body image worries.

Her background includes nearly a decade of clinical work in Maryland as an LCPC. That experience informs how she supports people through transitions, grief, and the practical day-to-day steps toward feeling more steady and capable.

Approaches for finding direction and managing change

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to address stress, anxiety, and life transitions. One common approach focuses on practical skills for emotion regulation and coping. That involves learning concrete strategies for managing intense feelings, improving sleep and routine, and reducing anxiety in day-to-day life.

Another approach looks at patterns in relationships and attachment. This work helps people recognize how past relationships shape present behavior and communication. It can be useful for challenges like abandonment, codependency, and commitment concerns because it clarifies repeated reactions and offers new ways to relate.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means checking what helps, adjusting methods over time, and focusing on practical changes that matter to the client.

Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. In general, remote sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use these formats to maintain continuity of care while adapting session length and frequency to everyday demands.