Donna Naffah is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia with 17 years of clinical experience.
01About Donna
Donna Naffah is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, anger, and depression. Donna aims to make beginning therapy less intimidating and helps people take the first steps toward change.
Her approach centers on building an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about what matters most. She listens carefully and helps people put words to their feelings.
Background and approach
That foundation makes it easier to try practical strategies together. Donna draws on client-centered methods to keep the focus on each persons goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of responding.
Emotion-focused and mindfulness tools are used to help regulate emotion and notice how the body reacts to stress. In sessions she often blends solution-focused ideas to set small, achievable steps between appointments. This gives people concrete actions to try and a way to measure progress.
She aims to match interventions to what a person wants and needs in that moment. Donna has worked with a wide range of difficulties across her career, including issues like abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, codependency, communication problems, and substance concerns. She brings steady experience and practical guidance to each conversation.
Conversations are held in English and take place using video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their needs.
02Credentials
- LPC (Virginia)
- License 0701005116 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1972889368 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Donna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Donna names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Donna names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Donna uses client-centered therapy to make sessions focus on each person's goals and priorities. That approach means the conversation follows what feels most important to the client and emphasizes being heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to change how they feel; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Donna will work with clients to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan as progress is made. She matches methods to a person's needs and preferences rather than using a single fixed approach.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper interaction, phone sessions work when a quieter space or lower bandwidth is needed, and chat or text can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit counseling around work, caregiving, or mobility limits and help sustain steady contact between meetings.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Donna commonly address?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting, anger, and depression, plus related topics like abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, communication problems, and substance concerns.
What style of therapy should I expect?
Sessions blend client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques, emotion-focused work, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies to match what you need in the moment.
How much experience does this therapist have?
Donna has 17 years of professional experience providing counseling in a variety of settings.
Where is Donna licensed and located?
She is licensed as an LPC in Virginia and provides services while based in that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapists availability.
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