About Dana
Dana Legrande is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, and addiction concerns. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life more manageable. Dana speaks in plain terms and aims to make therapy feel approachable and direct.
She draws on a few complementary approaches to shape sessions. That might mean focusing on present problems and quick strategies, or looking at how early relationships influence current patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions often include clear goal-setting, skill-building, and talking through family history when it helps the work. Dana has twelve years of experience in behavioral health settings and with people managing co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns. That background informs how she balances problem-solving with long-term growth.
She uses tools intended to reduce harmful behaviors and strengthen coping skills. Expect a warm, straightforward style. Dana emphasizes compassion and practical steps rather than jargon.
She also brings a 12-step informed perspective when addiction or recovery is part of the work. In therapy she offers psychoeducation, help identifying problematic patterns, and guidance on changing behaviors that get in the way of goals. Sessions can cover parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and life transitions.
Dana works from New York as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
How Dana’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of closeness and trust. Online sessions can use that lens to address intimacy issues, family dynamics, and how people react when they feel threatened or pulled away. Solution-focused work emphasizes small, concrete steps and short-term goals. It helps people make quick changes to cope with stress, anger, or life transitions and is often well suited to brief video or messaging check-ins.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Dana collaborates with clients to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She will try techniques, check in about what helps, and adjust the plan based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people work face-to-face when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, homework support, or brief coping reminders between sessions. These options make it simpler to maintain regular contact and fit therapy into daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English