Dana Scott, LMFT

Dana Scott is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Georgia. She brings a steady, practical approach to therapy and focuses on helping people manage mood conditions and major life changes. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at making the first steps easier for someone who feels stuck.

She works with concerns such as depression, bipolar mood challenges, and grief. Dana also helps people facing LGBT-related stress and those adjusting to big transitions in life. Her background includes work with people who have developmental or intellectual disabilities, and she supports caregivers who are under prolonged strain.

Dana uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which breaks problems down into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and looks for small, workable changes. Sessions tend to be practical and goal-oriented, with tools you can try between meetings. She keeps explanations simple so clients can put ideas into practice right away.

Clients can expect a calm, matter-of-fact conversation that focuses on what’s happening now and what can change next. Dana aims to help people build coping skills, plan for difficult moments, and track progress over time. She encourages questions and adjusts the pace to each person's needs.

Her prior work in settings that served people with developmental differences informs a patient, concrete style. That experience shapes how she explains concepts and sets realistic steps. The overall goal is clearer thinking, better coping, and a steadier day-to-day life.

How CBT and online sessions fit together

Dana uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as a central part of her online practice. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and focuses on practical exercises. It is often used for depression, bipolar mood management, grief, and stress related to major life changes.

She keeps sessions concrete and action-oriented, offering simple exercises and short plans clients can try between meetings. Deciding which techniques to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client work together to choose approaches that match the client's goals, pace, and comfort level.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people see facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick skill reminders, or when scheduling a longer session is difficult. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep regular contact while working toward steady progress.