Donna Paloy, LCSW

Donna Paloy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, or ADHD. Her style is warm and practical, aimed at making the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear.

Donna uses a trauma-informed and holistic approach in sessions. She blends evidence-based therapy with mindfulness and creative expression to help clients find more calm and clarity. Sessions are geared toward real-life problems like mood shifts, grief, and life transitions.

Her work often addresses complicated trauma and abuse alongside common concerns such as attachment issues, abandonment, and codependency. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and communication or commitment struggles. Donna pays attention to how these issues affect daily functioning and relationships.

In practice she helps clients build concrete skills and small routines that change how they cope day to day. Mindfulness exercises and creative techniques are used alongside therapy talk to make progress feel tangible. She aims to help people regain confidence and a clearer sense of direction.

Donna encourages a collaborative plan, moving forward step by step. She meets people where they are and adapts tools to fit each person’s life and goals.

How Donna’s approaches translate to online therapy

Donna draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside mindfulness and creative expression. Evidence-based therapy focuses on practical strategies that target unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lower stress and improve focus. Creative expression uses art, writing, or movement as a way to process emotions that are hard to put into words.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Donna will work with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. She adjusts tools as progress unfolds so therapy stays practical and relevant to daily life.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer working from a familiar setting or who need to balance therapy with work, caregiving, or medical care.