Donna Bolinger, LCSW, MD, LCSW-C
Licensed in Maryland · 6 years in practice
Donna Bolinger is a licensed clinical social worker who offers practical, respectful therapy for people facing major life stresses.
License and registration
- LCSW-C, Maryland
- 12446 · expires October 2026
- LCSW, Pennsylvania
- CW020584 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1972265395 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
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About Donna
Donna Bolinger is a licensed clinical social worker who offers practical, respectful therapy for people facing major life stresses. She brings six years of experience working with depression, anxiety, grief, and relationship and family concerns. Donna uses straightforward conversation to help people sort priorities and take small steps toward change.
She emphasizes a person-centered way of working that begins by listening. Sessions focus on strengths and what is already working, then build simple strategies for coping.
Background and approach
Donna blends several approaches to match what each person needs rather than using a single method for everyone. Her practice includes support for people dealing with addictions, parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, and intimacy-related concerns. She also helps those managing chronic illness, caregiver stress, cancer-related challenges, and aging and geriatric issues.
Concerns like ADHD, compassion fatigue, codependency, anger, and career stress are addressed with practical tools and planning. Donna combines client-centered techniques with cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and narrative work. That mix lets conversations move from understanding to action.
She and the person she’s working with set goals together and adjust the plan as needs change. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Donna is based in Pennsylvania and holds LCSW and LCSW-C credentials in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and she uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Donna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Donna names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Donna uses client-centered therapy to begin most work. That means sessions start with listening to what matters to the person and building goals together. This approach is useful for relationship concerns, grief, and ongoing life changes because it keeps the focus on individual needs.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and patterns that keep someone stuck by teaching specific coping strategies and experiments to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Donna will discuss options and tailor methods based on a person’s goals and preferences. The choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy or constrained schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide quick ways to journal, check in between sessions, or receive brief support when writing feels easier. These formats make it possible to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into everyday life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems can be addressed in sessions?
Donna works with depression, anxiety, grief, stress, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and a range of other issues such as sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, and career stress.
What is her approach to therapy like?
She uses a client-centered approach and combines it with cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative work to help people move from understanding to practical change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Donna has six years of experience providing individual therapy and has worked with people facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, aging-related concerns, and serious life changes.
Where is the therapist located and what are her credentials?
She is based in Pennsylvania and holds LCSW and LCSW-C credentials in Maryland and Pennsylvania as listed.
Are sessions offered in any languages besides English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to allow flexible ways to connect.
How does payment and cost work?
Sessions use a subscription that varies with location and therapist availability and can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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