About Dana
Dana McKennon is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 21 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed by worry, panic, or persistent intrusive thoughts. Her approach aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and encouraging.
Dana focuses on practical ways to handle day-to-day symptoms. She helps people who struggle with trauma and abuse history to name what happened and find steadier ways to cope.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with concentration and focus challenges related to ADHD, and parents who are worn out by the demands of caregiving. Sessions are relaxed and straightforward. Dana aims to create a calm space where clients can say what they’re thinking and feeling without fear of judgment.
She listens closely, then works with each person to try realistic strategies that fit their life. Over two decades of work in Illinois have given Dana experience across a range of concerns, including panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive patterns, social anxiety, phobias, body image issues, trichotillomania, and post-traumatic stress. That breadth helps her tailor support to each person’s needs.
She encourages small steps and practical tools early on. The goal is to reduce the daily burden of symptoms and build skills people can use outside sessions. Dana wants clients to leave sessions feeling a little more able to handle what comes next.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Many evidence-based techniques focus on changing how someone reacts to anxiety and trauma. One common approach teaches people skills to notice and change anxious thoughts and unhelpful behavior patterns so symptoms feel less controlling. This method can help with panic attacks, social anxiety, and repetitive obsessive thoughts. Another useful strategy focuses on managing traumatic memories and their effects by developing grounding and coping skills that reduce intense reactions and improve daily functioning. These approaches aim to build practical skills that people can use between sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try techniques that fit that person's situation. Adjustments happen as needed so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people talk face-to-face when convenient. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are available for ongoing check-ins, brief support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy routine and to keep continuity of care when in-person travel would be difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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