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Dana Wile, LPC
Pennsylvania
LPC in Pennsylvania - anxiety and life transitions
See online therapy options- CBT informed
- Acceptance and commitment
- Client-centered listening
About Dana
Dana Wile, LPC, has nine years of clinical experience and practices in Pennsylvania. She focuses on stress, anxiety, self-esteem, parenting concerns, career questions, and coping with life changes. Dana also addresses depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and concerns related to LGBT identity and relationships.
Dana keeps a small caseload and balances part-time work in education with her therapeutic practice. That schedule allows her to offer attention to each client and to keep appointments in morning and evening windows for convenience.
Her work emphasises practical, straightforward conversation. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits, test small changes, and build safer patterns of relating to themselves and others. She uses cognitive behavioral methods alongside acceptance and commitment ideas and client-centered listening.
Dana draws on an academic background in African American and Latino/a studies and on experience navigating school and social systems. She names cultural context and systemic pressures as part of the challenges clients bring. That perspective influences how she talks about identity, communication, and role expectations.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. Clients who want concrete tools for social anxiety, communication problems, caregiver stress, or questions of purpose will find a practical approach that mixes skills practice with reflective work. To begin, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How Dana uses CBT and related approaches in online work
She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice patterns of thought and behavior, try small experiments, and build practical coping strategies for anxiety, mood, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to clarify values and to practice willingness around difficult feelings rather than getting stuck trying to eliminate them. Client-Centered Therapy provides a straightforward listening stance that keeps the client's experience at the center of planning and goal-setting.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Dana approaches this collaboratively, discussing goals and preferences and then choosing methods that fit the client's needs. Sessions are structured but responsive, with time for skills practice, reflection, and short-term problem solving.
The therapist keeps a small caseload and offers morning and evening appointment windows to help sessions fit into busy schedules. Confirm the specific session formats available before booking by checking the online options, since session formats are set through the intake process. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, and caregiving responsibilities and to use short check-ins or longer skills-focused sessions without additional travel.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting and career concerns, plus trauma-related and identity issues such as LGBT questions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She focuses on noticing thoughts and habits, testing changes, and developing concrete skills.
What experience does she bring?
She has nine years of experience and part-time work in education, which informs her understanding of school and social systems.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPC, practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs and session billing handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to work with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.