- CBT methods
- Motivational interviewing
- Solution focused work
About Donna
Donna Baynes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 10 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, and trauma and abuse. Donna also supports those dealing with grief, anger, career shifts, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Donna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people identify patterns, set goals, and try different ways of coping. Sessions focus on skills that can be used between meetings and concrete steps for common problems.
Donna has experience in educational settings and with parents of students who have special needs. That background informs how she talks about parenting, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and communication problems. She also addresses divorce and separation, domestic violence, family of origin issues, and fatherhood concerns when those come up.
In conversations about work and life, she helps people look at career questions, life purpose, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Donna offers coaching-style support alongside clinical approaches for clients exploring change or dealing with bipolar mood concerns.
People can expect a direct, respectful approach in sessions. Donna will help identify short-term goals and may use homework or behavioral experiments to test new ways of handling social situations and everyday stressors. To start, clients follow the practice's intake steps to match and schedule a first appointment.
How Donna uses therapy approaches online
Donna commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing in sessions. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and uses exercises and behavioral experiments to try new ways of responding to anxiety and stress. Motivational Interviewing focuses on a person's own reasons for change and helps them weigh options and build momentum for those changes.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, short-term goals and identify small, practical steps that can make a difference quickly. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Donna will talk with each client about their goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try together.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking because formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists can use session time to teach skills, review homework, and run behavioral experiments that fit into everyday life.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Donna commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Donna uses a direct, practical approach that focuses on skills, goal setting, and steps to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of experience working with adults and in educational settings, including supporting parents of students with special needs.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.