Dana Fogel-Stark

Dana Fogel-Stark believes that real change begins with self-awareness — that when a person understands what’s quietly working against their happiness, they gain the footing to move toward something better. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Calabasas, California, she brings a directive style to her work: she educates, builds insight, and equips clients with practical tools rather than simply holding space for reflection. Her approach is eclectic by design, drawing on multiple clinical frameworks to meet each person where they are.

Dana works with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents navigating anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship conflict, and the aftermath of trauma or abuse. She also draws on eight years of crisis intervention and assessment work with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health — experience that sharpens her ability to respond clearly and steadily when clients are in acute distress. For those whose worry tends to follow them through their phones — the late-night scroll that ratchets up anxiety before sleep — she helps translate that pattern into something workable.

Sessions are available online. Dana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy, and she views the decision to enter therapy as an act of courage that deserves a direct, engaged response.