About Dana
Dana Brouca is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. She works with adults facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, and career or self-esteem concerns. Dana brings ten years of experience in mental health care in New Jersey and uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions.
Dana centers sessions on the person in front of her. She listens first, then helps people set clear, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions combine problem-solving with attention to emotions so people can make steady changes in day-to-day life. She avoids jargon and explains techniques in plain language. Her approach draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic thinking.
That mix lets her tailor conversations to what someone needs right now - whether that means learning coping skills, examining relationship patterns, or processing painful events. Dana has worked across community and clinical settings for a decade. Her background includes helping people cope with family conflict, caregiver stress, cancer and aging concerns, and challenges related to money or career.
She also supports those dealing with bipolar disorder and compassion fatigue. In sessions people can expect practical tools and steady support. Dana helps people identify small steps they can take between meetings.
The focus is on making daily life feel more manageable and on building confidence to handle future challenges.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on hearing a person's story and working at their pace. In online sessions this looks like active listening, reflecting feelings, and helping people set their own goals for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it can be delivered through exercises, worksheets, and in-session practice over video or text.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dana will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and day-to-day life. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together as needs change.
Online formats offer flexibility for people juggling busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, goal tracking, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to practice new skills in ordinary routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Money and financial issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English