About Donna
Dr. Donna Winsor helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting strain, relationship and family concerns, grief, low self-esteem, anger, career transitions, and attention difficulties. She also offers support for compassion fatigue and coaching around life purpose and money issues.
Donna brings 20 years of experience and approachable care to each session. Donna speaks plainly and listens closely. She aims to build trust quickly so people feel heard and understood.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical skills that can be used between meetings. The tone is warm and straightforward rather than clinical. Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness to spot unhelpful thinking and to develop calmer responses.
Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy are used to clarify goals and find realistic next steps. Together these approaches guide short-term problem solving and longer-term change. Donna’s background includes extensive clinical practice and a long history of helping people recover confidence after difficult life events.
She emphasizes rebuilding self-esteem and practical coping tools. People are encouraged to set achievable goals and track small wins. Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in Arizona as well as international clients.
She holds LPC and Licensed Mental Health Counselor credentials and combines professional knowledge with a down-to-earth manner. The focus is on steady progress, not quick fixes.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Donna commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that increase anxiety or depression. CBT focuses on concrete strategies and homework you can practice between sessions to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach attention skills and ways to respond to stress with less reactivity. Mindfulness exercises help with rumination, grief, and managing overwhelming emotion by building steady attention and noticing the present moment.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions may blend approaches and adjust over time based on what works for the individual.
Online therapy offers flexible options to fit busy lives. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when conversation and visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions can be a good alternative when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing coaching, brief reflections, and steady contact between scheduled sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Arizona
- Languages
- English