Dr. Dana Scoville, LMHC

Dr. Dana Scoville is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 23 years of experience. She meets people where they are and helps them manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and career pressures. Her style is straightforward and strengths-focused, which can help when life feels overwhelming.

She blends practical methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused work. Sessions center on simple, doable changes that fit each person's life. Dr. Scoville emphasizes building resilience rather than trying to control things outside your control.

She frames mental health as a spectrum rather than a yes-or-no state. That view guides short-term goals and longer-term lifestyle shifts. Conversations look at daily habits, thought patterns, and priorities to find what yields steady improvement.

Therapy with her includes clear tools you can practice between sessions. Those might be brief mindfulness exercises, values-based goal setting, or small behavior experiments drawn from CBT and solution-focused techniques. The aim is steady progress you can notice week to week.

Dr. Scoville also pays attention to compassion fatigue and issues faced by LGBT people and those coping with trauma or family strain. She works with each person to create a personalized plan that fits their pace and needs.

Practical approaches for online therapy and everyday life

Dr. Scoville commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavior experiments to reduce anxiety and lift mood. ACT emphasizes clarifying values and building committed action so people can live more in line with what matters despite uncomfortable feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean trying brief solution-focused steps one week, then using mindfulness and CBT skills the next, and adjusting based on what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skills practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging suits quick check-ins and ongoing support, and text sessions let people work in short blocks during a busy day. These options help fit therapy into real life and keep forward momentum.