About Donna
Donna Alexander is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 22 years of experience. She focuses on everyday problems like anxiety, stress, relationships, grief, parenting, and career questions. Her style is warm and practical, aiming to help people change what isn't working and build clearer communication skills.
She uses methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Solution-Focused Therapy to guide sessions. That means sessions often include straightforward tools to manage unhelpful thoughts, exercises to improve connection, and brief goal-focused work to move forward.
Background and approach
Donna keeps explanations simple and concrete so parents can use strategies right away. Donna places importance on values and personal meaning when people face shame, guilt, or questions about life purpose. She also has focused experience with Veteran and Armed Forces Issues and brings sensitivity to military-related concerns.
Conversations cover practical steps and emotional processing so work happens on both fronts. Sessions address communication problems, eating and anger concerns, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She combines skill-building with time to process grief and tough feelings.
The aim is stronger relationships and clearer daily routines that reduce anxiety and stress. Donna practices in Tennessee and works by phone, video, live chat, or text messaging. People who choose her sign up through the site and match based on their needs, then schedule sessions according to her availability.
Approaches for relationships and anxiety online
Donna commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and building practical skills for anxiety and stress management. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions, improve emotional connection, and repair relationship patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the first conversations. Donna will talk through goals, symptoms, and what feels most useful, then suggest a mix of methods tailored to those needs. That way the plan fits the client's situation and preferences rather than forcing a single method.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and exercises that involve reading body language. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick reflections, check-ins between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These formats let people access licensed professionals with more scheduling flexibility and fewer travel demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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