About Dara
Dara Damico is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 26 years of practice. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and related struggles. Dara aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can name what feels hard and try out new ways of coping.
She draws on client-centered work to follow each person's priorities. That means listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
Dara also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing intense emotions and building stability. In sessions she blends structured skill work with open conversation. Clients may practice breathing and mindfulness exercises, learn ways to respond to cravings or panic, or challenge negative beliefs about themselves.
The focus is practical - small changes that make daily life easier. Dara has worked with people facing addiction, grief, career stress, body image worries, parenting strain, and setbacks after trauma. She also supports concerns around gender identity, attachment, and compulsive behaviors.
Her aim is to help clients gain tools and clearer direction for the next steps in their lives. Sessions are offered in English and are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Dara uses a subscription model for appointments that can be adjusted or canceled as needed.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the person's lead and creating an accepting space. The therapist listens carefully and helps you set goals that matter to you. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for managing strong emotions, handling interpersonal stress, and reducing impulsive behaviors.Dara treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked before. Together you decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video sessions let you work face to face when interaction matters. Phone calls or audio-only meetings use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text messaging supports brief check-ins, written coaching, and ongoing skill reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to use therapy in the flow of everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English