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Donna Jeane Pappas, LCMHC
North Carolina
LCMHC counselor - life transitions and coping
See online therapy options- CBT and ACT methods
- Goal focused planning
- Health and caregiving support
About Donna
Donna Jeane Pappas is an LCMHC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina with 32 years of experience. She helps people who feel weighed down by change, grief, anxiety, stress, or role shifts and who want practical steps to move forward. Her work often supports those facing health challenges, caregiving demands, career transitions, or parenting and relationship strains.
She approaches therapy in a collaborative, coaching-oriented way. Sessions focus on what matters now rather than long reviews of the past. That means setting clear goals, identifying strengths, and agreeing on small, practical steps to try between meetings.
Donna integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered methods, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy. She uses tools from these approaches to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns, test new behaviors, and clarify personal values. Meetings often include skill practice and goal tracking rather than only talk.
Her background includes extensive work with people coping with major illness, hospice and end-of-life concerns, chronic pain, and caregiving stress. She also supports those dealing with grief, postpartum issues, seasonal mood shifts, and midlife transitions. The focus is on practical strategies for everyday coping and decision making.
People who prefer forward-focused, skill-based work and want clear, actionable plans are likely to recognize the style here. Donna encourages clients to define meaningful next steps and to build routines that support resilience and clearer purpose.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Donna commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on practical experiments and skill building to reduce worry, mood problems, and unhelpful habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also used to clarify values and encourage committed action toward meaningful goals while accepting difficult feelings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs and then recommend methods that fit. That conversation is collaborative and may include trying different techniques to see what helps most for day-to-day functioning.
Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can meet between work or caregiving tasks. These practical benefits help keep momentum on goals without promising a particular service.
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Experience
32+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, career changes, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and related issues listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and coaching-oriented with a forward focus. Sessions emphasize goal setting, skills practice, and practical steps rather than long past-focused exploration.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 32 years of professional experience working with people through life transitions, health challenges, grief, and caregiving stress.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LCMHC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor licensed in North Carolina.
In which language can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm any cross-border considerations when arranging sessions.
What are the session formats used?
Please confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography.
How are fees and billing handled?
Fees vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; check the platform details for exact pricing.
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