About Donna
Donna Thompson-Lisiecki is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 20 years of experience. She combines practical guidance with steady encouragement to help people move past stuck patterns. Donna presents an approachable, matter-of-fact style and asks clients to bring honesty and effort to the work.
Donna draws on several therapeutic traditions to tailor sessions to each person. She uses client-centered methods to focus on what matters most to the individual.
How Donna works
Emotionally-focused ideas are used when the work centers on deep feelings and attachment-related concerns. Her background includes long-term clinical practice across community and group settings. Donna has supported people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
She also addresses career shifts, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and first responder or veteran-related concerns. Sessions are practical and task-oriented when needed. Donna encourages concrete steps, goal-setting, and motivational strategies to keep progress moving.
She balances direct coaching with reflective work that helps people understand their patterns. People who do best with Donna are willing to engage and try new approaches. She asks for honest communication and a commitment to change.
Her aim is to help people regain a sense of purpose, reduce overwhelm, and build healthier ways of coping.
Donna lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Donna works with
The areas below are the ones Donna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's priorities and experience. The therapist listens carefully and follows the client's lead to identify goals and build practical steps toward them. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and work with strong feelings that affect relationships and self-worth, making it useful for intimacy-related concerns and deeper emotional patterns. Existential therapy looks at life choices, purpose, and meaning when someone faces big transitions or feels stuck.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel most useful. That process can include trying different techniques, checking in on progress, and adjusting the plan as goals evolve.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging give flexibility for brief updates or moments when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work between sessions.
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