About Donna
Donna Rudd is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with over 30 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or parenting pressures. She also supports those struggling with attention and focus, low self-esteem, anger, and big life changes.
Donna’s early career was in schools. She taught kindergarten through 12th grade, worked as a special education resource teacher, and served as a guidance counselor.
Background and approach
Those roles shaped her practical approach to helping people sort problems and build everyday skills. In sessions she uses clear, straightforward methods. Conversations focus on what matters most to the client and on steps they can try between meetings.
She listens for strengths and helps people apply those strengths to handle panic, motivation dips, and relationship stress tied to parenting or life transitions. Donna draws on Client-Centered work to make people feel heard and respected. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and Mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity.
Motivational Interviewing is used to boost confidence and follow-through when people want to make change. Her style is calm and practical. She aims to guide rather than instruct, helping clients set realistic goals.
The focus is on small, doable changes that add up to better coping and clearer purpose.
How approachable methods meet online convenience
Donna combines Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people manage anxiety and stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship so clients feel understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety and panic going and teaches practical tools to change them.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with clients about goals, try techniques, and adjust the approach based on what helps most. That collaborative process means treatment can shift as needs and priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging support shorter updates, ongoing encouragement, or extra accountability between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, or family routines while keeping the focus on progress and practical skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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