Ms. Dana Samardzich, MA, LMHC-A, NCC, PCC

Valparaiso, Telehealth

Education

School:
Valparaiso University

Degree:
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Additional Certificates:

  • Professional Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation

Ms. Samardzich is a graduate of Valparaiso University where she received her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, graduating with the highest distinction.  She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA).  She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation and coached professional women around work/life balance issues for nine years in private practice.  As a counselor, she has worked with adolescents struggling with depression, anxiety, and behavior issues and with adults in addiction treatment.

 

Ms. Samardzich is a humanistic therapist, believing that all her clients have the capacity to make positive changes in their lives.  She uses different types of therapy to help each client with their unique challenges.  She uses Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and Mindfulness.  She also believes in the importance of continuing education.  She recently received the Certified Trauma Professional certification and is studying more about Internal Family Systems.

 

Her area of specialty is working with women and adolescent girls around depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, life transitions, and more.  She believes that her clients can use their strengths and resources to transform their lives.

Issues Treated

Addiction
Alcohol Use
Anxiety
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality
Chronic Illness
Chronic Pain
Chronic Relapse
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Drug Abuse
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Gambling
Grief
Hoarding
Infertility
Infidelity
Internet Addiction
Life Coaching
Life Transitions
Marital and Premariatl
Obsessive-Compulsive
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Pregnancy
Prenatal
Postpartum
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Sleep or Insomnia
Stress
Substance Use
Suicidal Ideation
Trauma and PTSD
Women's Issues
Mood Disorders
Bisexual
Gay
Lesbian

Specialties

Women's Issues
Grief
Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

Session Types

Telehealth
Individual Therapy

Age Specialties

Adolescents / Teenagers (14-19)
Adults

Types of Therapy

Coaching
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Dialectical (DBT)
Existential
Humanistic
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
Person-Centered
Rational Emotive Behavior (RBT)
Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Strength-Based
Trauma-Focused