- Coaching-oriented approach
- Goal focused
- Experience with grief
About Donna
Donna Jeane Pappas is a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina with over 32 years of experience. She works with people who feel weighed down by change, loss, or life transitions and who want practical help finding direction and meaning.
Her style leans toward coaching rather than traditional therapy. Sessions focus on current goals, clearer priorities, and steps that help people move forward. She aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can clarify what matters most to them.
Her background includes long experience supporting people facing serious health concerns, caregiving stress, end-of-life issues, and grief. She also helps those navigating career shifts, retirement, parenting changes, blended family concerns, and the challenges of midlife.
Donna uses a mix of approaches to help clients build resilience and a more satisfying daily life. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy to tailor practical tools for each person.
Many clients come for help with anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, and anger. She also supports people coping with natural or human-caused disaster, chronic illness or pain, first responder issues, postpartum challenges, and loneliness.
Her work emphasizes strengths, actionable strategies, and finding purpose. If someone wants guidance toward clearer goals and meaningful change, she encourages them to take the next step and complete the matching process to begin scheduling sessions.
How her approaches shape online work
Donna often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and take action in the direction they want, even when unwanted thoughts or feelings appear. ACT is practical for dealing with anxiety, grief, and major life changes because it focuses on meaningful steps rather than getting stuck in difficult feelings.She also blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify unhelpful thought patterns and build more effective coping skills. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and managing strong emotions with concrete techniques.
Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. She will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. Together they set clear objectives and try tools that make sense for the individual situation.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life, shorten travel time, allow for brief check-ins when schedules are tight, and offer ways to continue work between in-person appointments if needed. Licensed professionals, including this counselor, can adapt exercises and plans so clients keep making progress no matter where they meet.
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Experience
32+ years
Credentials
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help people address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, anger, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting and career transitions, and ADHD among other issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is more coaching-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, focusing on goals, practical strategies, and forward movement rather than long explorations of the past.
What is her clinical experience?
She has over 32 years of professional experience working with people through major health concerns, caregiving stress, end-of-life matters, and life-stage transitions.
What credentials and region does she practice in?
She is a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, practicing in North Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.