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Dana Facer

Clinical Intern (She/Her)
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Clinical Intern & Therapist — Counseling in Pocatello & Online Across Idaho

With more than 20 years of experience in education, Dana Facer brings a warm, compassionate approach to counseling. She works with children, teens, adults, couples, and families navigating identity, relationships, communication challenges, and life transitions. Dana has a particular interest in LGBTQIA+ affirming care, self-esteem and self-compassion, anxiety and depression, relationship concerns, and interpersonal challenges.

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Dana creates a safe and supportive environment where clients can feel heard, understood, and comfortable being their authentic selves. Through a client-centered, integrative, and trauma-informed approach, she helps clients recognize their strengths, build confidence and resilience, and develop meaningful strategies for moving forward.

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Dana provides in-person counseling in Pocatello as well as telehealth therapy throughout Idaho. If Dana’s approach resonates with you, she would be honored to support your healing journey.

Who I Work With

Dana works with:

  • Children

  • Teens (ages 15+)

  • Adults

  • Couples & premarital partners

  • LGBTQIA+ clients

  • Parents & families

  • Families navigating transitions, conflict, or communication challenges

 

She especially enjoys supporting clients who are exploring their identity, building self-confidence, navigating relationships, or working through communication and interpersonal challenges.

Specialties & Services

Dana provides counseling in the following areas:

  • LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy

  • Anxiety & depression

  • Self-esteem & confidence building

  • Shame resilience & self-compassion

  • Identity, meaning-making, and life transitions

  • Relationship issues & communication challenges

  • Marital and premarital counseling

  • Parenting & family dynamics

  • Mood disorders

  • Self-harm and suicidal ideation

Therapeutic Approach

Dana uses an integrated, client-centered approach focused on safety, self-confidence, and self-compassion. Her approach includes:

  • Trauma-informed care grounded in safety, compassion, and empowerment

  • Client-centered, integrative techniques tailored to each client

  • Strengths-based strategies that build confidence and resilience

  • Mindfulness and self-compassion practices

  • Collaborative techniques that encourage self-awareness and meaningful growth

 

Dana works alongside clients to explore their identities, understand their emotions and relationships, recognize their strengths, and develop practical strategies that support their goals.

Why Work With Me

Taking the first step toward caring for yourself can be difficult. Dana offers a warm, patient, and compassionate presence where clients can feel safe being honest about what they are experiencing. She believes every person deserves to feel heard, understood, and valued.

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Drawing on her extensive experience in education, Dana brings a strong understanding of communication, relationships, and the challenges that can arise throughout different stages of life. She is passionate about helping clients build confidence, develop self-compassion, strengthen relationships, and better understand themselves.

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