Works with
How Donna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland, Pennsylvania
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Donna
Donna Bolinger is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage anger and related stress. She brings six years of clinical experience and a direct, practical style to sessions. Donna works with adults confronting depression, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and changes in life circumstances.
Her approach centers on listening first. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to understand each person's goals and priorities. From there she combines techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to build everyday skills that reduce reactivity and improve mood.
Background and approach
Donna has worked with people facing caregiving strain, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns. She also supports those navigating issues around identity, intimacy, sleep, eating, and work stress. Her background includes attention to difficult life events like divorce, abandonment, and major health challenges.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and collaborative. Donna helps people set clear, achievable goals and practice small changes between meetings. She draws on motivational interviewing and narrative therapy when people want to shift patterns and tell a different story about themselves.
Donna holds the credential of Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, and is listed as LCSW-C in Pennsylvania. She conducts therapy in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for convenience and flexibility.
What Donna works with
Everything Donna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Donna's practice.
- LGBT
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Donna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that focus on skills and change
Client-Centered Therapy starts by putting the person's concerns front and center. The therapist listens without judgment and helps shape goals that matter to the client, which is useful for anger, relationship strain, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. In online sessions this looks like identifying unhelpful thinking, practicing different responses, and trying new behaviors between meetings to reduce reactivity and low mood.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress in the moment. These exercises can help people notice urges to react and choose calmer responses instead.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit short updates into a busy day. These options help people keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, or medical needs.
Questions people ask about Donna
What concerns does Donna commonly address?
She works with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and family tensions, intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, career strain, and ADHD related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She listens first, then uses client-centered methods plus CBT and mindfulness exercises to teach coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience providing individual therapy in Pennsylvania and nearby areas.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW and LCSW-C credentials and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats does she offer?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.