Therapist profile
Donna Avant, LICSW
Alabama
LICSW in Alabama - stress and relationship concerns
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- Credentials
- LICSW
- License
- LICSW, Alabama / 1395C
- NPI
- 1689451379
- Experience
- 32 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Alabama
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Caregiver support
About Donna
Donna Avant is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Alabama with 32 years of experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, caregiving stress, and questions about life purpose. She also addresses codependency, communication problems, workplace issues, and parenting concerns.
Donna keeps sessions straightforward and focused. She listens to how a problem shows up in daily life, then helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try different responses. She uses practical tools to manage anxiety, improve communication, and cope with loss. Sessions often include skill-building and talking through concrete steps for change.
Her approach draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). That means she pays attention to each person's experience and looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. When helpful, she works on identifying thinking patterns and practicing new ways of responding.
Donna has worked across hospice and end-of-life settings, caregiver support, and workplace-related stress. That background shapes how she supports people facing heavy emotional demands or ongoing stress from caregiving and work. She also offers coaching-style help for people wanting clearer goals and daily routines.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange a first session. Donna encourages people to bring the problems that are most pressing right now and to try small, practical changes between meetings.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's own experience. It emphasizes listening, reflection, and helping people clarify what matters to them. This approach is useful when someone needs a place to sort out grief, relationship decisions, or shifts in life roles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing new responses. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and stress management and often includes simple exercises to try between sessions.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. She will work with each person to decide what feels most helpful based on current goals and daily realities. That means trying things out, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to a single method up front.
Confirm the session formats before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid being on camera when that feels better. These practical benefits can help clients keep therapy part of regular life while working on stress, codependency patterns, communication, and coping skills.
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Experience
32+ years
Listed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, caregiving stress, workplace issues, and codependency concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
She combines Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Sessions focus on listening to experience and practicing practical skills to change thinking and behavior.
How much experience does she have?
She has 32 years of experience in the mental health field, including work in hospice, caregiver support, and workplace-related stress.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the credential LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) and practices in Alabama.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as session formats are not specified in the biography.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.