About Dana
Dana Thomart is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and depression. She brings 19 years of clinical experience and a calm, steady presence to sessions.
Background and approach
Dana aims to make the first step easier for someone who feels overwhelmed or unsure about therapy. Clients can expect a warm, nonjudgmental space to talk through difficult feelings.
She listens closely and helps people name what’s happening. From there she works with each person to set clear, realistic goals for change.
Her approach combines Client-Centered Therapy with tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. That mix helps address unhelpful thoughts, manage strong emotions, and build practical coping skills.
Sessions are focused on what will make life more manageable day to day. Dana also gives attention to caregiver stress, communication problems, and issues around control and forgiveness.
She helps people reduce isolation, explore life purpose, and strengthen self-love. Mood disorders and social anxiety are also within her areas of focus.
She practices in California and offers sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Dana uses a subscription model for appointments that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their calendar.
Approaches and online options that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful space where the client leads the conversation. It helps people feel heard and understood while they sort through worries and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to build new routines for managing anxiety, low mood, and stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for handling strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. It is useful when feelings feel overwhelming or when someone wants clearer ways to cope in the moment.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. Progress is reviewed and methods are adjusted in collaboration with the client.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have a fuller conversation with visual cues, while phone sessions work well when less bandwidth is available or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or when someone prefers typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity across life changes.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English