- Attachment-informed
- Practical strategies
- Gottman-influenced
About Donna
She draws on several well-known methods rather than a single school of thought. Donna uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Emotionally-focused and Gottman-related tools appear in her work with relationship problems and communication issues.
Donna has additional focus on issues such as abandonment, codependency, commitment and trust concerns, family of origin patterns, and healing after infidelity. She also addresses anger, low self-esteem, career stress, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Her work includes grief support and attention to trauma and abuse when those are part of someone’s history.
Her background includes specialty coaching and grief credentials, and she has taken extended training with couples institutes and teachers in developmental trauma and somatic approaches. Donna spent nearly 15 years providing services connected to the military community and mentions that work as part of her experience.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process and honors the courage it takes to seek help. People who want practical strategies combined with relational insight will find a conversational, strengths-focused style in her sessions.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.