Donda Goodson

Donda Goodson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and changes in life. She draws on three decades of counseling experience to offer steady, practical support. Her style is straightforward and centered on each person’s goals and daily realities.

Goodson earned an undergraduate degree from Auburn University in Vocational Rehabilitation and a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has been licensed in Alabama since 1992 and has worked in both mental health agencies and private practice. Over the years she has supported people across a wide age range, from children to older adults, with concerns such as anger, depression, obsessive compulsive patterns, addiction recovery, ADHD, and autism spectrum issues.

Her counseling is rooted in client-centered care and cognitive behavioral techniques. In sessions she helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns, practice new coping skills, and set small, achievable steps toward their goals. She also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness strategies when they fit the person's needs.

People come to her when life feels overwhelming or when a specific struggle - like parenting strain, chronic illness, or a traumatic event - starts to interfere with daily life. She works to make therapy understandable and actionable, with tools that can be used between appointments.

Her approach emphasizes listening first, then creating a plan that matches the person's priorities and pace. Families, parents, and first responders are among the focus areas noted in her background, and she includes coping with natural or human-caused disaster among the issues she addresses.

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