About Donna
Donna Camerota is a licensed clinical social worker in Connecticut with 24 years of experience helping people through stressful and painful times. She focuses on practical skills and steady support for people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, and major life transitions. Her work often centers on boosting self-esteem and improving how people relate to themselves and others.
Donna uses straightforward, person-centered care that meets each person where they are. She helps clients build communication skills and manage intense emotions.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing chronic health problems, caregiving strain, mood disorders, and concerns about body image. When trauma or past hurt is part of the picture, Donna offers gentle, paced work to process those experiences. She draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and DBT skills to manage distress.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused steps are used when people want clear, goal-oriented change. Sessions aim to be practical and concrete. Donna helps clients practice new ways of coping between meetings.
She pays attention to daily routines, sleep, and stress responses so small changes add up. People describe her approach as direct but warm, focused on real problems and real steps forward. She works with individuals on relationship issues, addictions, career stress, compassion fatigue, and many other concerns related to life’s challenges.
How Donna’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist focuses on your priorities and listens closely to what matters most to you. This approach is helpful for people who want support that follows their pace and personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings interact and uses simple exercises to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides skills for tolerating distress, regulating emotions, and improving communication when feelings run high.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. Donna will collaborate with each person to pick or combine approaches based on needs, goals, and what feels workable in day-to-day life. That shared planning helps keep sessions focused and useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats she uses - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well when visual cues and real-time interaction are helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skills practice between sessions, or when a written format fits better into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health-related routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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