About Donna
Donna Welles is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts. She brings 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Donna emphasizes practical support and clear steps that feel doable for a busy life.
She believes each person knows their own story and already has strengths to draw on. Sessions focus on what the client wants to change and how to move toward those goals.
How Donna works
Donna offers a calm, straightforward style that aims to make emotional work feel manageable. Her approach draws on client-centered methods, skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness practices. That combination helps with overwhelming emotions, building coping skills, and staying present when life feels chaotic.
She uses these approaches to address mood concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Donna also supports people facing compassion fatigue, identity and multicultural concerns, eating and sleep problems, ADHD-related struggles, and impulsivity. She helps with communication problems, loneliness, jealousy, and co-occurring conditions like bipolar or personality-related challenges.
Practical strategies and small behavior changes are a common focus. Sessions can include short-term coaching goals or longer therapeutic work. Donna emphasizes collaboration, so clients help shape the pace and focus.
The aim is clearer thinking, better coping, and more moments of calm in day-to-day life.
Donna lists 3 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
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Integrating practical skills and mindfulness online
Donna uses client-centered work to focus sessions on what matters most to the individual, letting the client's goals shape each conversation. This approach helps when someone wants direct support and decision-focused guidance. DBT offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, handling conflict, and reducing impulsive behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, mood swings, and relationship stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce rumination and improve sleep and concentration.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Donna will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, symptoms, and daily life. That might mean starting with skills from DBT, adding mindfulness exercises, or taking a more exploratory client-centered route. Plans are adjusted over time based on what proves most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and detailed conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or visual focus is an issue. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, skill practice, or shorter coaching moments between sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy schedule and support steady progress over time.
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