Dana Teeter

Dana Teeter is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Indiana who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and trauma. She aims to make therapy practical and easy to understand. Dana often uses breathing, movement, and simple skills to calm strong emotions and reduce rumination.

She brings about 10 years of experience working in school settings with children and teens. That work involved supporting students with anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, and childhood trauma. Dana also has experience writing IEPs, 504 plans, and behavior intervention plans, and coordinating those plans with school staff and families.

In addition to clinical work, Dana has lived experience parenting two children with ADHD. That perspective informs her approach to ADHD-related challenges, behavior planning, and family routines. She combines talk therapy with mind-body practices such as breath work, yoga-informed exercises, and progressive muscle relaxation.

Dana lists Trauma-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and mindfulness therapy among her approaches. In sessions she focuses on helping people learn skills to self-regulate, reframe negative thoughts, and build daily habits that support mood and functioning.

She describes therapy as a collaborative process that includes education about how the brain and body respond to stress. Dana aims to help each person set realistic goals, try practical strategies between sessions, and track small changes that add up over time.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people work through distressing memories and reactions by using gradual, paced techniques that target symptoms and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and strengths, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help clarify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors together, teaching concrete exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns and build new habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick strategies that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That may mean starting with basic skills like breathing and grounding, then adding CBT or trauma-focused methods as trust grows.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a workday, avoiding travel time, and using brief check-ins during busy weeks. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current online options before booking to know what is offered. Many people use online work to practice skills between meetings, stay consistent with appointments, and make therapy easier to maintain alongside family, school, and job responsibilities.