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Dana Joy, LMHC

  • Experience8 years
  • LocationNew York
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Addictions
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Dana

Dana Joy is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with eight years of experience focused on addiction counseling and related challenges.

Background and approach

He works with people facing substance use consequences and supports clients as they pursue sobriety, helping them develop self-awareness and insight into patterns that maintain problematic behavior. He has assisted many clients in examining how depression, anxiety, trauma, and life stressors connect to substance use.

Dana has completed multiple trainings in anxiety and trauma and integrates that knowledge when exploring a client's history and present-day struggles. He also attends to spiritual concerns when clients wish to include faith in their healing process.

Dana emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care and adapts conversations and treatment plans to each person’s specific circumstances. He encourages those taking the first step toward therapy and helps shape a collaborative path forward that reflects the client’s goals and needs.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Access

Dana draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address addiction, mood challenges, and trauma-related concerns. One approach he uses emphasizes developing self-awareness and insight to identify and change patterns that contribute to substance use and depressive or anxious symptoms; this helps clients explore triggers and build alternative coping strategies. Another strand of his work focuses on trauma-informed care, applying strategies that help clients process difficult experiences and reduce trauma-related distress while strengthening resilience and daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He works with each person to assess their needs, goals, and preferences and adapts interventions over time so the treatment aligns with what feels most helpful and realistic for the client.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer practical flexibility for scheduling and ongoing support. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care around work and family commitments and to access licensed professionals from different locations within New York.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Dana commonly address?
He supports clients with stress, anxiety, substance use and addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, parenting and anger, self esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD.
What is Dana's general therapeutic style?
His approach emphasizes building self-awareness and insight to support change, with respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care tailored to each person's needs.
What background and experience does he bring?
He has eight years of professional experience primarily as an addictions counselor and has helped many clients work toward sobriety while addressing co-occurring mood and trauma-related issues.
Where is Dana licensed and based?
He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York, holding license NY LMHC 008177.
Which languages does he use in sessions and can he work with international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and he is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for online work?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are sessions billed and what does therapy cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with him?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to his availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionADHD

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

New York

Languages

English