Donna Maso

Donna Maso is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with more than 31 years of counseling experience. She helps people facing relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, and anger. Her approach is practical and straightforward, focused on finding workable steps forward rather than long lists of theory.

Donna draws on a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She uses client-centered methods to listen and build on strengths. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking patterns and dialectical behavior tools to teach emotion regulation and coping skills.

Her background spans many settings over three decades. She has worked in outpatient, inpatient, crisis, and transitional services, and has supported people in schools, correctional systems, hospice, and long-term care environments. That variety shaped a flexible, results-oriented style that aims to meet people where they are.

In sessions she focuses on clear goals and practical skills. That may include communication practice, problem-solving steps, or mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity. Sessions tend to be collaborative, with the therapist and client checking what works and adjusting the plan as needed.

Donna asks clients to agree not to electronically record telehealth sessions without prior consent. She works from Florida and conducts therapy in English. To begin, people use the site's Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on the person's strengths. The therapist creates space to hear concerns and helps clients set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical experiments to change reactions and behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, such as distress tolerance and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs and goals and try methods that fit. Plans are adjusted based on what helps, so clients take an active role in shaping their work together.

The biography notes the use of telehealth and a policy about not electronically recording sessions without prior consent. Confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time so therapy fits around other obligations. Licensed professionals can also use structured skills practice and homework between sessions to reinforce progress.