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Dana Fritche, LCSW

  • Experience4 years
  • LocationWisconsin
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Addictions, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Dana

Dana Fritche is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Wisconsin who brings four years of focused clinical experience in mental health and substance use counseling.

Background and approach

She emphasizes clients' existing strengths and collaborates to build motivation, coping skills, and self-esteem while addressing concerns such as addictions, depression, bipolar symptoms, anxiety, and ADHD. Her background also includes work with grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue.

Dana frames therapy as a partnership in which the client is considered the expert on their own life. She combines evidence-informed methods like Internal Family Systems alongside cognitive and behavioral strategies to help clients explore inner parts, shift unhelpful thoughts, and develop practical skills.

Clients who are looking to change habits, repair relationships, manage mood symptoms, or clarify life purpose may find her approach straightforward and empathetic. Sessions aim to strengthen resilience, increase self-understanding, and support sustained change.

Approaches that guide online work and practical access



Internal Family Systems (IFS) invites exploration of internal parts or subpersonalities to better understand internal conflicts and patterns; it can be helpful for people coping with shame, trauma responses, addiction-related parts, and ongoing internal criticism. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete tools for managing anxiety, depression, and mood instability. Client-Centered Therapy foregrounds empathy, unconditional positive regard, and the client's own pace for growth which supports self-esteem and motivation.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Dana works with clients to identify which methods or combination of methods best match their goals, preferences, and current concerns, adjusting strategies as needs evolve rather than prescribing a single path from the start.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules or to maintain continuity of care across life changes. These remote formats support ongoing skill practice, check-ins, and paced exploration of issues while allowing clients to work with a licensed professional from their preferred setting.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Dana address?
Dana works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, trauma and related topics listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She emphasizes a collaborative, strengths-based stance that centers the client's perspective and combines practical skill-building with exploration of internal experiences.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of clinical experience in mental health and substance use counseling, applying evidence-informed methods in her work.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
Dana holds an LCSW and is licensed in Wisconsin with license number WI LCSW 11252-123.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsSelf esteemDepressionADHD

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

4+ years

Licensed

Wisconsin

Languages

English