Donna Camerota, LCSW

Donna Camerota is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of practice in Connecticut. She works with people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and big life transitions. Donna focuses on practical steps clients can use right away to feel steadier and more able to cope.

Donna often helps people manage relationship strain, caregiving stress, body image concerns, and mood disorders. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, addiction issues, and compassion fatigue. Her approach emphasizes listening first and then building realistic strategies together.

Sessions tend to center on improving communication, handling strong emotions, and reducing the grip of shame and guilt. Donna uses techniques from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral approaches, and skills-based methods. She draws on Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused ideas when people want concrete goals and plans.

People who prefer a calm, steady therapist may find her style a good fit. She aims to make therapy feel like a practical partnership rather than a lecture. Donna invites clients to try small changes, notice effects, and adjust the plan as needed.

Her Connecticut practice reflects long experience with varied concerns, from attachment and abandonment issues to age-related and caregiver stress. If you want help sorting priorities and building day-to-day coping, she offers a direct, compassionate way forward.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and make choices that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful habits; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings and relationship stress and can be helpful for people who struggle with strong mood swings.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. That collaborative stance helps shape which techniques are used in sessions over time.

Because this profile does not list specific online session formats, confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow a shorter check-in when time is tight, or avoid travel time. It also permits using skills practice, worksheets, and short between-session tasks that support progress in everyday routines.