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LMHC, LPC

Ranada Dalton, LMHC, LPC

  • Experience19 years
  • LocationIndiana
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Ranada

Ranada Dalton is a licensed mental health counselor who draws on 19 years of professional experience to support people facing relationship, family, and life-change challenges. She practices from a warm, client-centered stance that emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassionate collaboration.

Background and approach

Ranada blends practical therapy techniques with strengths-based coaching to help clients navigate issues such as trauma and abuse, depression and anxiety, ADHD, grief, intimacy concerns, and parenting or career transitions. Her training includes perspectives from cognitive behavioral methods, narrative approaches, emotionally-focused work, and motivational interviewing, and she adapts her interventions to each person’s situation.

Ranada highlights practical problem-solving alongside deeper exploration of family patterns, communication struggles, and values, tailoring conversation and goals to what a client needs in the moment. Based in Indiana, she aims to create a supportive environment where people can develop skills, build insight, and move toward the changes they want to make.

Approaches That Translate Well to Online Therapy



Ranada commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, focusing on empathetic listening and creating a supportive therapeutic relationship that helps clients feel heard and valued. This approach is useful for building insight and working through emotional concerns like grief, self-esteem, and stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another frequent element in her work and offers practical tools for identifying unhelpful thoughts and developing skills to manage anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and ADHD-related challenges. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and reorganize emotional responses in relationship contexts and can be applied when addressing intimacy-related issues or communication struggles.

Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. She works with each person to determine which approach or combination of approaches best fits their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. The plan can be adjusted over time as needs change to ensure the work remains relevant and effective.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, support clients who travel or live outside Indiana, and allow for different communication styles depending on comfort and therapeutic goals.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Ranada address?
Ranada works with a broad range of issues including relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression, ADHD, grief, intimacy-related matters, parenting and life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is described as warm, empathetic, and interactive, with a client-centered focus that emphasizes respect and collaboration while tailoring methods to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 19 years of professional experience working with clients on issues such as trauma, sexuality, mood concerns, relationship challenges, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds the credentials LMHC and LPC and is based in Indiana. Licence details include IN LMHC 39003303A and GA LPC LPC012794.
Can clients who live outside the United States work with her?
She accepts international clients and offers services in English for those located abroad.
Which session formats are available for working together?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTGriefSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

19+ years

Licensed

Indiana, Georgia

Languages

English

What Ranada can help with

Ranada Dalton works with clients on relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes.

Ranada works with clients experiencing trauma, sexuality, depression, and anxiety.

How Ranada approaches therapy

Ranada's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

Ranada uses Narrative Therapy and motivational interviewing.

Experience and training

Ranada is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Indiana, with 19 years of clinical experience.