Meet Dana Martinson

DANA MARTINSON, AMFT
ASSOCIATE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST

Education

  • Master of Arts in Couples and Family Therapy, Alliant International University California School of Professional Psychology
  • Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN

Training

  • Gottman Method, Levels 1 and 2
  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Certification
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certification
  • Internal Family Systems Online Circle, IFS Institute
  • IFS (Internal Family Systems) Couples Certification through IFIO (Intimacy From the Inside Out)

  • Trauma
  • Relationships
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Non-Monogamy
  • Affairs Recovery
  • Creative Blocks
  • Life Transitions
  • Self-Discovery
  • Maternal Mental Health

Dana believes that change and healing is the essence of therapy. Establishing a connection with her clients through authenticity, acceptance and compassionate support is essential in helping guide clients toward the real lasting transformative change they seek.

Dana is passionate about helping adult individuals and couples heal from their past trauma so that they may live their lives full of love for themselves and for the people close to them. That they can feel uninhibited in their sexuality and/or creativity and make choices and decisions that feel right to them.

Dana works within a trauma informed experiential framework using an approach called Internal Family Systems (IFS) while also integrating somatic work, mindfulness, Gottman Method, and aspects of other modalities that fit with the unique client or couple. IFS is a modality that Dana finds especially useful in gaining quick and powerful insight into the various parts of oneself, gain a deeper understanding of self, and a new more healthy perspective of one’s own behaviors and feelings as well as those of others.

Dana received her Masters of Arts in Couples and Family Therapy at Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology. Counseling is a second career for Dana, after working 23 years in women’s health. She is also a mother to two adult daughters, has lived her early adult years in another country, and is a practicing artist.