- Person-centred listening
- Cognitive behavioural ideas
- Creative therapies
About Dana
Dana Wester is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience. She has worked with adults, children and adolescents and with parents. Her work covers stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, grief, self-esteem and identity, parenting concerns, and issues linked to sexual identity and LGBT matters.
Dana describes herself as an integrative therapist. That means she draws on several approaches to fit what a person needs in sessions. She uses person-centred listening alongside cognitive behavioural ideas, mindfulness and solution-focused strategies. Creative methods such as art therapy, play and sand therapy also form part of her practice when they suit the client.
In sessions she helps people talk through strong emotions, past hurts, and difficult decisions. She has experience supporting people with suicidal thoughts and self-harm, eating-related difficulties, bipolar concerns, ADHD and complex grief. She also works with attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
Dana places the client at the centre of the work and aims to offer a non-judgemental setting for exploration. Conversations focus on what matters now and practical steps that can be tried between sessions. She uses simple techniques from her range of approaches to help people notice patterns and try different ways of coping.
People considering counselling are invited to describe their main worries and goals at the start. Dana will discuss which approaches might help and how to make sessions fit into everyday life. Her English-language practice accepts international clients and follows the BACP framework for ethical practice.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate to online work
Many of Dana's approaches are straightforward to use in remote sessions. Person-centred work focuses on listening and helping the client name what matters. In practice this means sessions that prioritise the client's experience and use reflective conversation to clarify feelings and choices.Cognitive behavioural ideas offer short, practical techniques for noticing unhelpful thoughts and trying small experiments. These can be used to address anxiety, guilt, low mood and patterns that keep someone stuck. Mindfulness provides simple attention exercises to reduce reactivity and help with stress and emotional overwhelm.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options with the client and decide together which methods fit the person's goals and day-to-day life. That collaborative decision is reviewed as progress and needs change.
The original profile does not list which session formats are used for online work, so please confirm available formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, caregiving or day-to-day routines and they can reduce travel time. Different formats also allow for shorter check-ins or quieter audio-only conversations when that better suits someone's circumstances.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of guilt or shame does she support?
She works with shame and guilt linked to relationships, parenting, identity, past abuse and life changes, according to her listed concerns.
How does she approach feelings of guilt in sessions?
Sessions use integrative methods such as person-centred conversation, CBT ideas and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try practical ways to respond to guilt.
What is her professional experience?
She has eight years of professional work experience and has worked with adults, children, adolescents and parents.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to get started.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.