- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Virginia, Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Donna
Donna Curran helps parents and individuals who feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck find clearer ways forward. She speaks plainly about coping with stress, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and mood changes. Her style is practical and steady, aimed at making daily life easier to manage.
With 30 years of experience, Donna brings a long history of working with people facing depression, anxiety, grief, addiction concerns, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also supports those navigating career shifts, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, sleep and eating struggles, and the impact of trauma and abuse. Parenting is one of her focus areas and she helps parents sort through the strain that raising children can bring. Donna uses a cognitive and solution-focused approach and aims to tailor sessions to each person's needs.
She works collaboratively to set clear goals, track progress, and adjust plans if something is not helping. Sessions emphasize practical steps you can try between meetings and straightforward ways to measure change. She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and is licensed in Florida and Virginia.
Donna has a Master of Social Work from Temple University and a Master of Health Administration from Pennsylvania State University. Her background includes postgraduate work in Structural Family Therapy at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. People seeking more hopeful routines, better relationships, or clearer parenting strategies can expect a calm, goal-oriented companion in therapy.
Donna focuses on small, achievable changes that add up to better day-to-day functioning.
What Donna works with
Everything Donna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Donna helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
Therapeutic methods and flexible online care
Donna often draws on cognitive techniques that help people recognize unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more helpful ones; this approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress. She also uses solution-focused strategies that break problems into manageable steps and identify practical actions to try between sessions; these work well for relationship problems and parenting concerns.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan if something is not working. This gives you a say in which techniques feel most helpful as you move forward.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for busy parents and individuals. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is helpful. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to get support between appointments or when scheduling makes a real-time visit difficult. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around family and work obligations while focusing on the techniques that matter most.
Questions people ask about Donna
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, trauma and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is cognitive and solution-focused, practical and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on clear steps and tracking progress toward goals.
How long has she practiced?
She has 30 years of experience working with individuals and on relationship and family issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida and Virginia and practices in Florida.
What languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for therapy sessions?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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