Dana Thomart
Compassionate CBT-informed therapy for life challenges
LMFT California
- Experience
- 19 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Parenting, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Dana
Dana Thomart is a licensed marriage and family therapist who blends practical, evidence-informed methods with a warm, client-centered stance.
Background and approach
With 19 years of clinical experience in California, she often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and dialectical behavior approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges around parenting and self-esteem. Her work emphasizes collaboration and skills-building so clients can address unhelpful thinking patterns, regulate difficult emotions, and make concrete changes in daily life.
She cultivates a nonjudgmental space where clients are invited to explore feelings, values, and goals at their own pace. In addition to core concerns like mood disorders and coping with life changes, Dana supports people dealing with caregiver stress, communication and control issues, loneliness, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose and self-love.
She encourages realistic steps toward growth and recognizes the courage it takes to begin therapy, guiding each person toward strategies that fit their circumstances and priorities.
Integrating CBT and Client-Centered Work in Online Sessions
CBT emphasizes identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and building practical skills to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning; it is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress-related patterns. Client-centered therapy centers on creating an empathetic, accepting environment where the client’s perspective guides the work and helps clarify values and goals. Dialectical Behavior Therapy contributes techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be useful for managing intense emotions and improving communication.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and life circumstances with each person and adapt methods over time so the care fits evolving needs. Clients are encouraged to participate in selecting techniques and practicing skills between sessions to reinforce progress.
Online therapy with this clinician is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing for flexibility around work, family, and mobility. These formats make it possible to engage in consistent, skills-focused work from home or another convenient location and to choose the communication style that feels most comfortable while maintaining regular therapeutic contact.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
19+ years
Licensed
California
Languages
English