Donna Naffah, LPC - Therapist in Virginia

About Donna

Donna Naffah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with 17 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, anger, and depression. Donna aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly about what worries them.

She encourages small steps and recognizes that starting therapy takes courage. Her approach blends practical strategies and emotional work. She uses client-centered methods to listen closely and make the sessions about each person’s needs.

Background and approach

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports understanding and shifting emotional responses in relationships. Donna also draws on mindfulness to help people notice reactions in the moment and calm their nervous system.

Solution-Focused Therapy is used when clients want clear, short-term goals and steps they can try between sessions. Together these approaches give a mix of insight, skill building, and concrete change. She has worked with a range of concerns for nearly two decades and brings steady, practical support to sessions.

Conversations are grounded and direct, aimed at helping people feel more able to handle daily pressures. Donna meets people where they are and works collaboratively on what matters most to them. Sessions are offered in English and are provided by a Virginia LPC (VA LPC 0701005116).

The practice offers several online session formats to fit varied schedules and preferences.

Approaches and online care that fit busy lives

Donna uses Client-Centered Therapy to make sessions focused on each person’s experience and priorities, creating space to talk without judgment and to decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and shift strong emotional patterns that affect relationships and daily interactions.

Deciding which approach to use is part of the early work. Donna will listen to your concerns, discuss goals, and suggest approaches that seem like a good fit. Together you can try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most, so the process stays collaborative and practical.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules. These formats let people keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or other commitments. The variety of session types also makes it easier to practice skills between meetings and stay connected when life gets busy.

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, anger, and depression, along with related issues such as communication problems, family problems, and guilt and shame.

What is her therapeutic style?

She blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and uses mindfulness and solution-focused strategies to help people learn skills and set small goals.

How much experience does she have?

Donna has 17 years of professional experience working with people on a variety of emotional and relationship concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with license number VA LPC 0701005116.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are costs handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Parenting issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 17 years
Licensed: Virginia
Languages: English

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