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Dana Palermo, LCPC

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationIllinois
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Self esteem
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Dana

Dana Palermo is an Illinois-licensed counselor with two decades of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, self-esteem challenges, depression, and major life transitions. She brings practical support for attention and focus concerns, including struggles with concentration and memory.

Background and approach

Her practice emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while shaping conversations and plans to fit each client’s situation. She works to empower clients toward clearer goals and improved functioning, acknowledging that seeking change takes courage.

Sessions are tailored to the individual, with Dana adjusting style and pacing to match strengths, preferences, and practical needs. Her background includes additional work related to adoption and foster care, neurodiversity, personality-related concerns, caregiver stress, chronic health challenges, eating and dissociative issues, and other complex presentations.

Dana aims to be a steady collaborator as clients move from coping to purposeful change.

Approaches That Guide Online Sessions

Evidence-based techniques form the backbone of Dana’s work, with a focus on practical skills and collaborative problem solving. One common approach emphasizes structured, goal-oriented strategies that help break larger problems into manageable steps and build skills for managing anxiety, stress, attention, and mood. Another frequently used method centers on exploring thought patterns and coping responses to improve emotional regulation and self-esteem, which can be helpful for depression and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is treated as a partnership. Dana will work with clients to identify which therapeutic methods fit their goals, learning style, and daily routines, adjusting techniques over time so work in sessions translates into real-world changes.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls recreate face-to-face interaction, phone sessions allow for a simpler connection, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins and ongoing accountability between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Dana commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, and difficulties with attention and focus including ADHD as listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is compassionate and tailored; she adapts dialogue and treatment planning to match each person’s needs and pace.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Dana brings 20 years of professional experience supporting people with a range of mental health and life adjustment concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is an LCPC licensed in Illinois with license number IL LCPC 180017455 and practices from that state.
In which language are sessions offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available for working together?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their needs.
How is cost handled for therapy with her?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, filling out a brief matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietySelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFirst responder issuesHoardingImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Illinois

Languages

English

What Dana can help with

Dana Palermo works with clients on stress and anxiety, self esteem, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD.

Dana works with clients with stress, anxiety, motivation, and self esteem.

Experience and training

Dana is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor practicing in Illinois, with 20 years of clinical experience.

Therapy style

Dana aims to support & empower you in that journey.