Donna Naffah

Donna Naffah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with 17 years of experience. She focuses on stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, anger, and depression. Her approach aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable for people who are nervous about starting. Donna centers sessions on listening and building trust. She creates an open environment where clients can talk about thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment. Conversations are grounded and practical, with attention to what is happening day to day. She uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps when patterns of thinking make emotions harder to manage. Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports understanding and shifting how people respond in close relationships. Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are used to help people notice their reactions and try concrete steps between sessions. Donna also works with concerns that often appear alongside primary worries, such as body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication problems, and issues around separation or divorce. She addresses substance use, family problems, guilt, shame, and other overlapping struggles as they come up in therapy. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. She encourages small, achievable changes and checks in with clients about what is working. If you are ready to begin, she guides people through the first steps toward scheduling and matching to a session rhythm that fits their life.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and building a trusting relationship; it focuses on what matters most to the person and helps them steer conversations toward their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and offers practical tools to change unhelpful reactions, which can be useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people recognize and shift emotional responses in close relationships so interactions feel less reactive and more connected.

Picking the right approach is part of the work. Donna uses conversation and assessment to figure out which mix of methods fits a person's needs, goals, and preferences. She collaborates with clients to try techniques and then adjusts based on what helps most.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people try tools like mindfulness exercises or CBT worksheets between sessions to practice skills in everyday situations.