Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
How Donna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Donna
Donna Naffah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with 17 years of experience. She centers sessions on what matters to each person and offers steady, practical help for stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, anger, and depression. She creates a calm space where people can talk about hard feelings without judgment.
Conversations focus on understanding what is happening now and finding steps that feel doable. Sessions tend to be straightforward and aimed at real-life change.
Background and approach
Donna uses a mix of client-centered work and cognitive behavioral ideas to notice patterns and try different responses. She also brings elements of emotionally-focused work to help with connection and feelings, and mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity and calm the body. Her approach is collaborative.
She listens first, then helps set short-term goals and small experiments to test different ways of coping. People often work on communication, managing anger, and solving immediate problems together. Donna has worked with many people over the years and draws on that experience to adapt methods to each situation.
She explains options plainly and helps people pick techniques that fit their daily life. If someone is ready to begin, she guides them through the initial steps and scheduling.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Donna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness 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.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work
Donna blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new responses. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building trust so people feel heard, while cognitive behavioral techniques offer concrete exercises for stress, anxiety, and anger management.She also uses emotionally-focused ideas to help people understand and name strong feelings in relationships, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and calm the body. These approaches fit well into online sessions because they can be practiced in real time and adapted to each person’s daily routine.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs and preferences. Together you can adjust techniques and pace until the plan feels useful and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging are useful for brief check-ins or tracking progress between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep working on skills between meetings.
Questions people ask about Donna
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, anger, and depression along with related issues like communication problems, guilt, and codependency.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are person-focused and conversational. Donna combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral, emotionally-focused, mindfulness, and solution-focused approaches.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Donna has 17 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and interpersonal concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds a Virginia Licensed Professional Counselor credential and practices with clients located in Virginia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work together with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.