- conversational style
- faith integrated care
- focus on communication
About Donnise
Donnise Powell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting pressures, family concerns, and major life changes. She also addresses communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, and self-love.
Donnise favors a conversational, relational style. Sessions are described as down-to-earth and practical. She aims to talk through what is happening and help people notice their own strengths and choices. She sometimes brings personal insight into sessions when it can help illustrate a point.
Her work often centers on connection and honesty. Donnise blends clinical knowledge with real-life perspective. She encourages people to name hard feelings and to practice small, concrete steps that make daily life more manageable.
As a person of faith, she can include spiritual or Christian perspectives when clients want that alongside clinical work. At the same time she respects differing beliefs and stays focused on the client’s aims. Humor and ordinary moments of joy are also part of how she works with people.
In sessions she talks through problems, tests ideas, and supports people as they try new ways of responding. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. People who are carrying guilt or shame can explore those feelings and consider changes that might lessen their daily burden.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Many clients find benefit from practical, evidence-based techniques that address how they think and act. Cognitive-based approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with new, realistic perspectives; this helps with anxiety, guilt, and shame by changing what people believe about themselves.Behavioral strategies look at daily habits and small actions. Changing routine responses, adding brief experiments, or practicing new communication skills can reduce stress and improve relationships. These approaches are useful for parenting challenges, coping with life changes, and rebuilding self-trust.
Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That decision is revisited as progress unfolds so methods can be adjusted together.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel, and allow check-ins during breaks or between errands. It can also let people choose quieter, lower-bandwidth ways to connect when that suits their routine.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting pressures, family concerns, and life transitions, plus issues like communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, and self-love.
How would she approach guilt or shame in sessions?
She uses a conversational, relational style that names feelings and looks at practical steps. Sessions focus on talking through the feeling and trying small changes to reduce daily impact.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working as a clinician and brings that background into sessions alongside lived perspective.
What is her professional credential and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.