Donna Camerota

Donna Camerota is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience in Connecticut. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, mood concerns, and life transitions. She often supports those dealing with body image worries, caregiver strain, and challenges related to chronic health or midlife changes.

Donna keeps sessions practical and direct. She listens first, then helps people set small, doable goals. Communication skills, managing difficult feelings, and rebuilding self-respect are central in her work. She aims to make each conversation straightforward and useful.

Her background includes long experience with mood disorders and addiction-related struggles. That experience informs how she helps people handle setbacks and plan next steps. Donna pays attention to patterns that keep problems going and helps people try new habits.

Therapy with her uses familiar methods that focus on thoughts, skills, and solutions. She draws on client-centered listening alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when they fit the person's goals. Motivational and solution-focused techniques are used to move people toward agreed changes.

People who do best with her tend to want a mix of practical skill-building and empathic listening. Sessions address immediate problems while also working on longer-term changes. Prospective clients should check current session options before booking.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Donna draws from client-centered therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to shape sessions. Client-centered therapy means the conversation begins with the person's needs and priorities, and the therapist follows their pace to build trust and clarify goals. CBT focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. DBT adds straightforward emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills that help when feelings feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Donna will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit those aims. She checks in about what's helpful and adjusts the plan as needed so work stays relevant and doable.

Many people find online therapy easier to fit into busy lives because it cuts travel time and can be scheduled around work or caregiving duties. Because this profile does not list specific session formats, confirm current online options before booking to know what is offered. Online work can allow shorter check-ins, focused skills practice, or regular weekly sessions depending on what a person needs.