Donald Lee Jackson Jr
Practical, steady support for stress and life change
- Credentials
- LPC, LCMHC
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- Georgia, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Donald
Donald Lee Jackson Jr is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings practical therapy to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. He uses straightforward methods to help clients notice patterns, build coping skills, and try small changes that make daily life easier. Donald’s voice is calm and direct, and he centers sessions on what each person needs in the moment.
He combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - which helps people accept difficult feelings while taking action toward valued goals - with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Background and approach
He also draws on client-centered principles, focusing on listening, respect, and collaboration to set therapy goals together. Donald has been practicing for about 10 years and holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LCMHC (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor) credentials. His background includes school counseling, where he worked with students and parents across different situations.
That experience shaped his preference for clear tools and practical strategies. In sessions he offers concrete skills for managing anxiety and obsessive tendencies, grieving losses, navigating relationship and intimacy concerns, and coping with major life transitions. He pays attention to patterns that often hide in plain sight and helps clients uncover more workable responses.
Donald works with each person to tailor the approach to their needs. He encourages realistic self-care and steady steps forward rather than quick fixes. If someone wants to talk through parenting stress, career strain, or questions about identity, he aims to make the process understandable and useful.
How his approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking small, values-based steps forward; it is useful for anxiety, grief, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the therapist listens and follows the client's lead to shape goals and pacing.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about what matters most, try methods that fit their goals, and adjust based on what helps. That partnership guides whether sessions lean toward acceptance work, skills practice, or supportive listening.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to keep regular work on coping skills, check in between sessions, and fit therapy into a busy life without long commutes.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
Next step
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