About Donna
Donna Jeane Pappas greets readers with a calm, straightforward approach to counseling. She focuses on helping people who feel weighed down by change, loss, or everyday stress find clearer direction and purpose. Donna uses a collaborative, coaching-style way of working that keeps conversations practical and goal oriented.
She brings 32 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, in North Carolina. That background includes extensive work with people facing major health concerns, life-threatening illness, and significant loss.
How Donna works
Donna also supports individuals navigating life-stage shifts such as career moves, caregiving roles, retirement, and changing family dynamics. Sessions tend to center on what matters now. Donna helps clients clarify goals, identify strengths, and create concrete steps forward.
The emphasis is on building resilience, increasing life satisfaction, and cultivating meaning rather than long dives into past history. Her approach draws on methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive-behavioral ideas, client-centered listening, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques. She mixes practical skill-building with exploration of values and personal stories to foster change that fits each person’s life.
People who are motivated to grow and prefer a supportive, nonjudgmental partner in that work often find this style helpful. Donna aims to help clients move from feeling stuck to taking intentional action toward a life that feels more aligned and fulfilling.
Donna lists 6 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 32 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take action toward what matters. It uses simple exercises to notice thoughts and choose behaviors that align with personal goals, which can be useful for anxiety, grief, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns, a useful fit for stress, depression, and self-esteem concerns.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and understanding. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so clients can explore their own answers and build confidence over time.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Donna will work with the client to pick methods that match goals, preferences, and the situation. That lets sessions stay focused and practical while adapting as needs change.
Online therapy offers a lot of flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction when helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when movement or camera-free check-ins are preferred. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when shorter touchpoints fit a busy day. These options can make it simpler to fit counseling into a workday, caregiving schedule, or other responsibilities.
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