About Donna
Donna Paloy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of practice who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, low self-esteem, and ADHD. She offers steady support for those who feel overwhelmed and need practical steps to cope. Donna speaks in clear terms and focuses on what will help someone feel more stable day to day.
Donna uses a trauma-informed, whole-person perspective. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and mindful practices to help people notice patterns, manage strong emotions, and reduce symptoms.
Background and approach
Creative expression is sometimes part of the work when it helps a person put feelings into words or action. Her practice pays attention to both emotional and life challenges. That can include grief, chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, identity and attachment concerns, body image, and relationship communication problems.
Donna also helps people process issues related to abandonment, adoption and foster care, and blended family dynamics. Sessions focus on practical tools and steady progress. Clients co-create a plan with Donna that breaks larger goals into manageable steps.
She combines grounding and mindfulness with skills to handle daily stress, build self-worth, and improve decision-making. Donna practices in Florida and works in English. Her background and long experience help her tailor the work to each person’s needs so therapy fits the life the person is actually living.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online therapy
Donna blends commonly used, evidence-based techniques with mindfulness and creative expression. One approach she often uses involves grounding and skills training to manage anxiety and stress - clients learn short exercises to reduce overwhelm and regain focus. Another approach focuses on trauma-informed care, helping people slowly process painful memories while building safety and coping strategies that work in daily life.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Donna will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what feels comfortable, then try approaches that fit. The plan can change as progress is made, and the therapist and client check in regularly about what is most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face connection and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick skills practice, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it possible to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and busy schedules while still working with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English