Donald Holland, LMFT

Donald Holland is a licensed marriage and family therapist with forty years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, trauma, or parenting stresses. He speaks plainly and aims to make each session feel direct and manageable for worried parents and adults.

He uses practical, evidence-informed approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and handle difficult emotions without getting stuck. Attachment-based ideas guide work around relationship patterns and early loss.

Donald has worked with a wide range of concerns including ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, grief and bereavement, sexual and substance addictions, and trauma from abuse. He also supports people coping with adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image concerns. His experience includes long-term practice in North Carolina settings across many populations.

In sessions he focuses on clear goals, simple skills you can practice between meetings, and steady progress you can measure. He offers phone and video sessions as well as text-based options to fit busy family life. Starting is described as a practical step - a short questionnaire and a scheduled session to see if the approach fits your needs.

He works in English and is available to clients both in North Carolina and internationally. His credential is Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, abbreviated LMFT.

Approaches you can use online

Donald often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot common thinking patterns and test small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and depression. CBT focuses on specific skills and homework tasks that translate well to remote sessions.

He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which helps clients clarify what matters most and practice actions that align with those values even when emotions are hard. Attachment-based ideas are used when relationship patterns and early loss shape current struggles, helping people notice and change interaction cycles.

Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about your goals, what has or hasn’t worked before, and your day-to-day needs. From there he suggests ways of working and adjusts as you try techniques and see what fits.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone is a lighter option when bandwidth is limited, chat can work for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, or caregiving routines and keep progress moving even when life is busy.