Donna Alexander, LMFT - Therapist in Tennessee

About Donna

Donna Alexander is an experienced licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people sort through relationship and family concerns. She uses practical, evidence-based methods to address parenting struggles, grief, stress, anxiety, and changes in life. Donna keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented so families can find clearer ways forward.

She draws on 22 years of clinical experience while working in Tennessee as an LMFT, Tennessee license number TN LMFT 772.

Background and approach

That history has shaped a calm, steady approach that balances emotional understanding with real-world strategies. She talks through communication problems, guilt and shame, and issues around life purpose during sessions. Donna applies a mix of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Solution-Focused Therapy depending on what a person needs.

That allows her to move between helping change unhelpful thoughts, improving emotional connection, and building practical skills for daily life. She also brings experience addressing veteran and armed forces issues in therapy. In sessions she aims to help people identify clear next steps they can try at home.

Conversations often include small experiments, communication practice, and coaching around roles and routines. The style is collaborative and down-to-earth, with an eye toward usable tools. Her focus includes relationships, family dynamics, parenting, self-esteem, career questions, eating and anger concerns, and coping with depression and life transitions.

Sessions are offered in English and are available through multiple online formats.

How evidence-based approaches translate online

Donna commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and respond to emotions in relationships, improving connection and communication when couples or family members are stuck.

She also draws from the Gottman Method and Solution-Focused Therapy to target communication patterns and build small, practical steps toward goals. The therapist will work with each person to decide which approach fits their needs and preferences. Figuring out the right combination is a collaborative process that evolves as therapy progresses.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible and flexible. These formats let people fit therapy into busy schedules, practice skills between sessions, and maintain continuity when travel or family demands change plans. Licensed professionals can use these options to tailor pace and contact style to individual needs.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Gottman Method

A research-based framework for couples, focused on how partners argue, repair, and stay connected. Practical and structured, with exercises to try between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Donna commonly address?

She works with relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, grief, stress, anxiety, eating and anger problems, self-esteem, career questions, depression, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her style is practical and collaborative, blending emotion-focused work with skills-based strategies to help people change patterns and try new habits between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Donna has 22 years of experience providing counseling and therapeutic support.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in Tennessee with license number TN LMFT 772.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can she work with clients outside the United States?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How do I begin working with her?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 22 years
Licensed: Tennessee
Languages: English

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