About Dayna
Dayna Pitzer is a licensed independent social worker with 18 years of clinical experience. She holds LISW and LICSW credentials and practices from Ohio. Dayna has worked in a range of settings including inpatient psychiatric care, hospice, and juvenile centers.
She brings steady, practical support to people dealing with anxiety and stress. Dayna listens first to understand what feels most urgent. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches to help manage overwhelming thoughts and intense emotions. Her background includes hospice work and caring for a loved one through cancer, which shaped her interest in grief and life transitions. She also has experience with crisis intervention and chronic medical conditions, so she is comfortable addressing complex, layered challenges.
Dayna often draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions run high and motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Client-centered work guides the pace of therapy so people feel heard and respected. People who prefer practical strategies and a collaborative tone tend to do well with her.
She works with common concerns such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship strain, parenting stress, and burnout. The focus is on building coping skills that stick in everyday life.
Practical approaches for online therapy
Dayna commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy as part of her online practice. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behavior cycles, which can reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to help people stay grounded in stressful moments and manage intense emotions.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions are overwhelming, offering concrete tools for distress tolerance and emotion regulation. Deciding which approach to use is a team effort - the therapist and client talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust as needed to find the best fit.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls work well for hands-on skill practice and deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or people prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill reminders, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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