Dara Damico, LCSW
Licensed in New York · 26 years in practice
Dara Damico is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 101727 · expires November 2028
- NPI
- 1245881622 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
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About Dara
Dara Damico is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York. She has 26 years of experience helping people cope with depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and life changes. Dara aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people who feel overwhelmed.
Dara builds sessions around each person's needs. She listens closely and helps people set small, doable goals. Sessions focus on skills people can use between appointments to manage stress and strong emotions.
Background and approach
Her background blends several common approaches. She uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the person in the room. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Dara also draws on emotion-focused and mindfulness practices to help people notice feelings and respond with more calm and clarity. She supports people dealing with identity concerns, body image, obsessive thoughts, panic, and difficulties with sleep and eating.
Her work includes addressing caregiver strain, addiction, and the fallout from abandonment or attachment wounds. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Dara explains each step and works collaboratively so people understand what they are doing and why.
The aim is steady progress and more confidence in handling daily challenges.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Approaches Dara names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Dara’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. In online sessions this means conversations that start from the client’s priorities and build goals that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, and teaches clear techniques to change unhelpful patterns; it works well in video or phone sessions where homework and thought records can be reviewed together. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for handling strong emotions, improving relationships, and reducing risky behavior; skills coaching and brief check-ins can be handled through text or live chat alongside longer video sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dara collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort with different formats. She adjusts the plan as progress is made and as new challenges come up, keeping the client involved in decisions about care.
Online sessions offer flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls let people see visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in, get brief coaching, or maintain momentum between longer meetings. These options make therapy easier to fit into a busy life while still allowing focused clinical work with a licensed professional.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dara commonly address?
Dara helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and abuse, and related issues such as body image, panic, OCD symptoms, and gender dysphoria.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses a mix of client-centered listening, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, emotion-focused work, and mindfulness to teach practical coping skills and emotional awareness.
How long has she practiced clinically?
She has 26 years of clinical experience providing psychotherapy in New York.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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