About Dana
Dana Wogahn is a licensed clinical social worker in California with five years of practice. She focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship concerns. She also helps people dealing with trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, anger, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to family and life changes.
Dana takes a client-centered approach. Sessions are guided by the person's needs and feedback. She encourages people to say what is helpful and what is not so sessions can be adjusted.
Background and approach
This keeps therapy practical and focused on what matters most to the individual. In sessions Dana can offer a listening ear, constructive feedback, or therapeutic insight depending on what a person wants. She aims to make sure people feel heard and supported throughout the process.
Conversations are plainspoken and goal-focused so progress can be checked each step of the way. Her work is adaptable to different situations, whether someone needs short-term coping strategies or a longer course of support. People can expect collaboration about goals and how to reach them.
Dana emphasizes steady adjustments so the work stays relevant. Appointments are available in formats that fit busy lives, and Dana will help pick the best session style for each person. The emphasis stays on practical steps and clear communication so people can move forward from anxiety and related concerns.
Therapeutic techniques and online sessions that fit your life
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical skills and clear goals. One common approach emphasizes building coping strategies for anxiety and stress through step-by-step practice and skills training. This helps people manage symptoms day to day and build confidence in handling triggers.Another approach centers on processing difficult experiences and emotions with a supportive, collaborative therapist. This method helps people better understand how past events affect current feelings and relationships, and it can reduce the intensity of upsetting memories or reactions.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk through options, listen to goals and preferences, and adjust methods as progress is reviewed. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what actually helps the person feel better.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging can fit into work breaks or provide shorter, timely support between sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent and adaptable to changing schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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