Donna Young
Calm, practical, goal-focused counseling
LCMHC North Carolina
- Experience
- 25 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Languages
- English
About Donna
Donna Young is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 25 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
She trained in psychology and counseling and has worked across local and federal agencies, schools, and health care settings, bringing a broad perspective to clinical care. Donna draws on practical strategies to address concerns like parenting challenges, workplace issues, compassion fatigue, and isolation.
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with elements from dialectical behavior therapy and solution-focused work, along with mindfulness practices, to suit each client’s needs. Donna emphasizes collaboration and problem-solving, helping clients develop new insights, coping skills, and concrete plans to move forward.
She aims to support people through midlife questions, caregiver stress, prejudice-related distress, mood disorders, and the search for life purpose while fostering greater self-esteem and self-love. Donna maintains a professional practice in North Carolina and conducts sessions in English.
Her background working in diverse systems informs a practical, strengths-based style that focuses on attainable goals and day-to-day improvements in emotional well-being.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Donna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors to improve mood and daily functioning. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) supplies skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be particularly useful for handling intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and burnout.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist will work collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration can include trying techniques from different models and tailoring strategies so they make sense in the client’s everyday life.
Online sessions offer flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule or to access care from home. These formats allow continued work on skill-building, problem-solving, and mindfulness exercises while accommodating varied rhythms of life and communication styles.
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Experience
25+ years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English