Donna Marchant-Roof
Experienced LCSW focused on practical support
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Donna
Donna Marchant-Roof is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia. She brings 30 years of experience and a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. Parents and adults find her straightforward guidance useful for managing stress and life changes.
She speaks English and works with clients across regions, including international clients. Her training includes a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Norfolk State University and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Mercy College.
Background and approach
Donna has been licensed in Virginia since 1995 and has worked with children, teens, and adults on anxiety, depression, trauma, and transitions. Lately she has focused on older adults facing changing medical needs, grief, and end-of-life concerns. Donna uses Client-Centered Therapy to build on a person’s strengths and to listen first.
She pairs that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and create new habits. Mindfulness practices are used to calm the body and steady attention when stress is high. In sessions she emphasizes small, achievable steps.
She helps people celebrate progress and set realistic goals. Her work also includes coaching for professionals stepping into leadership roles in healthcare. Sessions can be conducted by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Costs vary by location and the platform uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
Online approaches that focus on strengths and practical change
Donna combines Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support people in online sessions. Client-Centered work means the therapist listens carefully, follows the client’s lead, and builds on what is already working. This approach helps people feel heard and creates a clear space to identify priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot patterns of thought and behavior that increase stress or low mood. Through simple exercises and homework, clients learn new ways of responding and small steps to change daily habits. These methods suit worries about anxiety, depression, life transitions, and many practical problems.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Donna will collaborate with each person to decide what fits their goals and preferences. That may mean combining listening-based care with CBT tools and mindfulness practices over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options make it easier to schedule around school, work, caregiving, or medical appointments and to keep momentum between visits. The formats let licensed professionals use structured exercises, coaching, and brief check-ins in ways that fit everyday life.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
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.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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