About Donna
Donna Maye is a licensed mental health counselor in Indiana with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She focuses on everyday struggles like low self-esteem, communication problems, parenting strain, and challenges around intimacy and life purpose. Donna aims to make the first step feel manageable and to offer steady support along the way.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She listens to each person's story and works with them to set practical goals.
Background and approach
Sessions usually focus on identifying thoughts and behaviors that get in the way, then testing small changes that improve daily life. Donna uses approaches grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns and try different responses. She draws on 13 years of professional experience to guide problem-solving for issues like mood shifts, relationship tension, and workplace stress.
She also helps with concerns such as guilt, control issues, money stress, and questions about midlife and life purpose. People can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space where their priorities shape the work. Donna believes clients bring strengths and knowledge about their own lives, and she helps turn those into practical steps.
She describes her role as walking alongside clients while they build clearer direction and more satisfying routines. Sessions are offered in English and are arranged around each person’s schedule. Donna works with adults facing a range of challenges, including young adult issues and women’s concerns, and she tailors strategies to what each person needs.
How CBT and online sessions fit together
Donna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and habits and try practical changes. CBT often involves setting clear goals, testing small behavioral experiments, and using simple exercises between sessions to see what helps. This approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, relationship patterns, and confidence work.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, and then together they will choose or adapt methods that feel helpful. That collaborative process continues as progress is reviewed and plans are adjusted to fit real life.
Online sessions can make regular therapy easier to fit into a busy week. Video calls let people use visual cues and practice communication skills together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick reflections, homework check-ins, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These formats give flexibility for scheduling, continuity during life transitions, and different ways to engage with therapeutic tools.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English