Donna Byxbe

Donna Byxbe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who offers caring support for people facing anger, stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She works in straightforward language and helps clients define goals they want to reach. Donna draws on nearly three decades of practice to guide people through hard moments and decisions.

She began practicing in 1995 and spent much of her career in community mental health programs. She ran a private practice starting in 2005 and later shifted to remote work. Donna has experience with a wide range of concerns, from mood and anxiety disorders to trauma, addictions, parenting strain, and relationship conflict.

Her approach is flexible and guided by what each person identifies as important. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client’s lead and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also incorporates psychodynamic ideas and EMDR when appropriate, and uses mindfulness, hypnotherapy, meditation, and inner-child work within a transpersonal framework.

Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer communication, and building coping skills. Donna emphasizes self-determination, so clients choose their treatment goals and can decline suggested techniques. She aims to help people heal, reduce symptoms like anger or panic, and build better patterns in relationships and daily life.

Donna practices in Texas and speaks English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on the clinician’s availability.

Therapeutic methods and online care

Donna uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as core tools. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s goals so people feel heard and decide their next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change patterns that fuel anger, anxiety, or depression.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, for people who have trauma-related symptoms and want another route to process distressing memories. EMDR involves guided attention and timing to help reduce the emotional intensity of difficult memories and related reactions.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Donna will work together with each person to figure out which methods match their goals, symptoms, and comfort level. That plan can change as progress is made.

Confirm the current session formats before booking, as options are set by the clinician. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel, and keep appointments during a workday or school break. Some formats allow shorter check-ins or phone-only conversations when video is not ideal, while others support longer, in-depth sessions for trauma work.