Dakota Seale, LPC
Texas · 10 years in practice
Dakota Seale is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with ten years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Texas
- 78894 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1700426632 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Dakota
Dakota Seale is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with ten years of clinical experience. He guides people through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship struggles. Dakota focuses on practical steps that help people feel more steady and in control day to day.
He centers sessions on each person's strengths and goals. Dakota treats the client as the expert of their story and helps them try manageable changes. He offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence and aims to make therapy feel collaborative rather than prescriptive.
Background and approach
In sessions he blends talk-based therapy with approaches that address thoughts, emotions, and patterns in relationships. He often uses cognitive-behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thinking and acceptance strategies to tolerate difficult feelings. Attachment-focused work is used when relational patterns or past losses are central concerns.
Dakota also lists hypnotherapy among his approaches to help with habit change, anxiety, and stress management when appropriate. He works with people facing addictions, parenting strain, career challenges, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue among other concerns. Practical coping strategies and clear homework are common parts of the work.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and are available via phone, video, live chat, or text messaging. Dakota aims to meet people where they are and build a plan that fits their schedule and goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dakota lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dakota names
- Hypnotherapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Dakota uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult emotions while committing to actions that reflect their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions because it teaches practical skills for living despite uncomfortable feelings.He also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That approach helps when trust, closeness, or recurring conflicts show up in adult relationships and parenting challenges.
Dakota includes hypnotherapy as an additional option to support habit change, stress reduction, and anxiety management when it fits a person's goals. Hypnotherapy here is presented as a complementary tool alongside talk therapy and behavioral techniques.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. Dakota will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then tailor an approach that fits each person's needs. He adapts methods over time based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text messaging suits ongoing reflection or quick updates. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, different communication styles, and continuing care from wherever someone is in Texas.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dakota commonly address?
Dakota helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction concerns, and coping with life changes. He also works with parenting strain, career worries, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What is Dakota's therapy style like?
Sessions are collaborative and practical. He focuses on strengths, clear steps, homework, and combining talk therapy with tools to change thoughts and behaviors.
How long has Dakota been practicing?
He has ten years of professional experience as a clinician working with adults on a range of mood, stress, and relationship issues.
What credentials and location apply to this clinician?
He holds the LPC credential, specifically a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish for people who prefer either language.
What formats are available for meeting online?
People can meet by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs and preferences.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist scheduling; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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