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Dana Pavlu

LCSW

Clinic Director

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About Dana Pavlu

Dana Pavlu is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 20 years of experience in behavioral health, clinical leadership, and community-based services. Her career has included work in outpatient mental health, healthcare, child welfare, and juvenile justice, with experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families.

As Clinic Director at Ellie Mental Health, Dana is passionate about developing strong clinical teams, mentoring therapists, ensuring quality client care, and building meaningful community partnerships. She brings a collaborative and supportive leadership style grounded in authenticity, compassion, humor, and connection.

Dana earned her Master of Arts in Social Service Administration from The University of Chicago and her Bachelor of Science from West Virginia University.

Dana can be found at the following locations:

Insurance Accepted:

  • Aetna Better Health
  • Aetna
  • Aetna: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Aetna: Medicare
  • All Savers
  • Ambetter
  • BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicaid
  • BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicare
  • BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: PPO
  • Cigna/Evernorth
  • Cigna/Evernorth: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Cigna/Evernorth: Medicare
  • Compsych
  • Compsych: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • ENI: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • GEHA/Government Employees Health Association
  • Horizon BCBS
  • Humana: Medicare
  • Imagine Health
  • Magellan
  • Magellan: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Meridian: Medicaid
  • PHCS/MultiPlan/Claritev
  • PHCS/MultiPlan/Claritev: Medicare
  • Optum
  • Optum: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Oscar
  • Partners Direct Health
  • Pathways Behavioral Health Network (PBHN)
  • Prime Healthcare
  • Self Pay
  • TRICARE East Region
  • UFCW Local 1546
  • UHC/UnitedHealthcare
  • UHC/UnitedHealthcare: Medicare
  • UMR
  • United Behavioral Health
  • Uprise Health

Therapy Types:

  • Individual Therapy

Therapeutic Approaches:

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Art Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
  • Mindfulness-Based Therapy
  • Person-Centered Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused/Brief Therapy