About Donald
Dr. Donald Strauss brings more than five decades of clinical experience to his practice. He holds an MD and dual social work licenses - LCSW-C and LISW - and works from South Carolina.
He helps people who are worn down by persistent stress, anxiety, mood struggles, medical challenges, and difficult life transitions. He has long treated complex, long-term mental health concerns and medical-related challenges such as neurodegenerative conditions and chronic illness.
How Donald works
He also supports people coping with bipolar disorder, addiction, grief, and compassion fatigue. LGBT issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting and family stress are among other focus areas he addresses. Dr.
Strauss uses several therapeutic approaches. He often draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds affect current relationships. He uses Client-Centered techniques to keep sessions focused on each person’s goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is applied to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Sessions aim to be practical and goal-focused. He works with people to find alternatives to habits that no longer help.
That includes problem solving, new thinking strategies, and targeted interventions shown to help with specific issues. He offers help through conversations that balance understanding and structure. People meet to clarify goals, try new tools, and track progress.
The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Donald lists 10 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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 disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 52 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
How his approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and early bonds to understand current struggles. Online sessions can use this work to map relationship patterns and try new ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT delivered by video or phone often includes concrete homework and short skill practices between sessions to change thinking and routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as needed. That collaborative process helps decide whether attachment work, CBT, or a client-centered focus is the best fit for a person’s situation.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when people prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or messaging can support brief check-ins, coaching-style notes, or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
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