About Donald
Donald Macleod is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Texas with 37 years of experience. He focuses on relationship concerns, family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related worries, stress and anxiety. He also helps with parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes.
Donald uses straightforward methods to help people make changes. He draws on client-centered work to listen and follow what matters most to each person.
How Donald works
He also uses cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking and try new patterns. Hypnotherapy and solution-focused techniques are added when they fit the situation. Sessions are practical and goal oriented.
He helps people break problems into small, manageable steps. Expect clear feedback, exercises to practice between meetings, and a focus on what can be done now to improve daily life. Donald has spent decades working with adults on relationship and family concerns as well as personal recovery after loss or trauma.
His approach values each person’s strengths and motivation to change. He will refer to other professionals when that better serves a client’s needs. People looking for a seasoned therapist who uses both talk therapy and targeted techniques may find his style direct but empathetic.
He aims to collaborate on goals and offer tools that fit each person's life and schedule.
Donald lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Donald works with
The areas below are the ones Donald selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 37 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Approaches for online relationship and life work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and guides sessions by their priorities rather than imposing a set plan. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses experiments and practice to change unhelpful thinking patterns and reduce anxiety, depression, and relationship conflict.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That may mean starting with client-centered listening, adding CBT exercises, or trying brief solution-focused steps when specific problems need quick attention.
Online sessions offer flexibility in how care is delivered. Video calls let the therapist and client see each other and use visual cues during conversations. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break or a tight schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between meetings or to communicate without being on camera. These options help people access consistent support while fitting therapy into their daily lives.
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