About Donnise
Donnise Powell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who offers warm, down-to-earth therapy focused on practical coping and growth. She aims to make sessions feel conversational and approachable so people can talk about what matters most without feeling judged. Her style is relational and genuine.
Donnise prioritizes building connection and trust so clients can find their own strengths. She brings clinical knowledge alongside everyday language and, when helpful, shares personal perspective to normalize struggles and model hope.
Background and approach
Donnise helps people facing stress and anxiety, grief, parenting strains, and major life changes. She also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, forgiveness, questions about life purpose, and self-love. Her approach emphasizes concrete skills and small steps people can use between sessions.
With six years of experience, she draws on practical, evidence-based techniques to support healing and clearer thinking. Sessions are intended to be a collaborative process where goals are set together and progress is revisited often. She practises in California and offers therapy in English.
Donnise aims to create a space that balances honesty, compassion, and occasional lightness so clients can move toward the life they want to build.
Approaches that guide online care
Many clients find benefit from practical, evidence-based techniques that break problems into manageable steps. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood. These methods are useful for stress, worry, and day-to-day coping.Another common approach emphasizes building emotional awareness and strengthening relationships with oneself and others. This work helps people handle grief, guilt, shame, and communication problems by teaching skills for self-reflection, setting boundaries, and repairing interactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, values, and daily life. Clients help shape the focus and pace so therapy feels useful and relevant.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges. Phone sessions are helpful when a quieter space or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins, reflections between sessions, or support when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to keep consistent momentum and practice new skills in everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English