Donna Alexander, LMFT

Donna Alexander is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 22 years of clinical experience. She offers straightforward, practical help for people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, anxiety, and life changes.

Donna uses approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and emotionally focused work to help people notice unhelpful thinking and shift interactions that cause pain. She blends skills practice with gentle exploration of feelings so people can try new ways of relating and coping.

Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She listens for patterns in communication and behavior, then suggests doable steps to reduce conflict and stress. Sessions often focus on small experiments you can use between meetings to test what feels different.

Donna has particular experience addressing guilt and shame, life purpose questions, and stress that affects work and relationships. She also brings years of work with veterans and armed forces issues, helping people untangle that portion of their lives when it shows up in relationships or mood.

People meet with her to work on anger, eating concerns, self-esteem, career choices, or the practical side of coping with major transitions. She offers a mix of short-term problem solving and deeper work when that fits the person's goals.

Based in Tennessee, Donna conducts sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Getting started begins by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.

Approach-driven care offered online

Donna commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change negative thinking and unhelpful behavior patterns. CBT is practical and skills-focused, which can help with anxiety, depression, stress, and eating-related concerns. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to pay attention to feelings and attachment needs in relationships; this approach supports people who want to improve connection and communication.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Donna will talk with a person about their goals, try out techniques, and adjust the plan as progress becomes clear. Together they decide whether short-term solution-focused steps or deeper emotionally focused work will best meet current needs.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for a full session with face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing skill practice between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.