Dana Steiner , LCPC

Dana Steiner is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 26 years of clinical experience working with individuals and couples. She focuses on relationship and couples' work, women's relationships with food and their bodies, parenting challenges, depression and anxiety, major life transitions, living with chronic or terminal illness, stress management, and the connections between mood and eating patterns. Clients often say she is very "different from other therapists" they have seen, noting a direct, feedback-oriented style that invites two-way communication to shape treatment.

Her approach is supportive and compassionate while remaining practical - she offers observations and asks clients to share theirs so treatment plans are tailored to specific concerns. That collaborative stance helps build trust and makes it easier for people to learn skills for managing and overcoming problems. She draws on both individual and couples work to address intimacy, communication, and behavioral patterns within relationships.

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Dana earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and completed graduate study at Argosy University in Chicago. Five years after finishing graduate school she became fully licensed to practice independently in Illinois. She has completed intensive training in mindfulness therapeutic skills, holds a Level One certification in Gottman Methodology for couples work, and is certified as a supervisor for Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors.

She is a member of the American Counseling Association and the National Association of Professional Women, where she received recognition for outstanding excellence and dedication to her profession. Additional honors include an Honored VIP membership in Covington's Who's Who and a client-voted Therapist of the Year award. Dana aims to support and empower people who are ready to take steps toward a more fulfilling life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration - the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects experiences, and creates space for the client to explore values and goals. It is well suited to people seeking supportive, individualized work on relationships, self-esteem, and life transitions.

The Gottman Method is a structured approach for couples that focuses on improving communication, reducing conflict, and strengthening friendship and trust. It offers practical tools couples can use to navigate relationship patterns, rebuild connection after breaches, and manage recurring disagreements.

Mindfulness Therapy trains attention and present-moment awareness to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. These skills help people cope with anxiety, stress, chronic illness, and mood-related eating patterns by increasing awareness of internal states and choicefulness in responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the process - Dana works collaboratively with each person or couple to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals guide this decision-making so the treatment feels personalized and practical.

Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to access care from home or another convenient location. These options increase flexibility and accessibility while allowing therapists to apply the same therapeutic approaches to support meaningful change.