Dana Piergiovanni
Calm, practical help for everyday parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Dana
Dana Piergiovanni is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who uses a client-centered way of working. She focuses on practical, everyday concerns like stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship strain, and depression. Dana aims to make appointments feel approachable and straightforward for worried parents seeking help.
She has 12 years of experience supporting people through life changes, anger, and family problems. Her background includes work with the autism community and with issues related to Asperger Syndrome.
Background and approach
Dana also addresses caregiver stress, communication problems, and separation or divorce matters. In sessions she creates an open space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through without judgment. Her style is collaborative - she listens first and helps clients set simple, doable goals.
Techniques often come from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods to build skills and notice what works. Dana adapts her approach to the situation. For parents, that can mean short-term problem solving around routines, behavior, or communication.
For someone facing anxiety or depression, sessions may focus on practical coping steps and testing small changes between meetings. Her practice offers multiple ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are scheduled through an online matching and booking process that aligns with therapist availability.
How her approaches work online and help families
Client-centered therapy puts the client's experience first and focuses on listening and understanding. Online sessions let the therapist follow your lead, reflect what you say, and help you name problems so you can decide what to work on. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. In virtual sessions this can include simple exercises and homework to try between meetings. Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on concrete solutions and quick changes rather than long histories, which can be useful when a parent needs immediate tools to handle behavior, routines, or communication.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to figure out which methods match the client's goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying a strategy, checking if it helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. This variety makes it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules, to check in between sessions, or to use short text conversations for quick coaching. It also allows people to connect from home across different days and times, supporting continuity of care while working toward practical change.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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