Donna Maso , LCSW

Donna Maso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 31 years of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, families, and older adults. She has worked across a wide range of settings including outpatient, transitional, inpatient, and crisis services and has particular experience with children diagnosed with AD/HD as well as survivors of abuse and trauma served through shelters, hotlines, and court-related programs.

Her background includes roles in child crisis and protection centers, parenting programs, family counseling agencies, and services for military families. She has led treatment programs for adjudicated adolescents, taught in regular and alternative school settings, and worked with offenders in correctional environments. Donna has also supported people needing long-term placement and helped develop programs for individuals with disabilities and those facing chronic or terminal illnesses.

Donna has provided hospice-related social work in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and memory care settings, bringing sensitivity to end-of-life and caregiver concerns. Her specialties include relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, and anger, with additional focus on blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, domestic violence, family of origin issues, guilt and shame, impulsivity, infidelity, isolation and loneliness, and life purpose work. She integrates client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques to help clients build on strengths and find practical strategies for change.

Donna looks forward to working collaboratively with clients to explore workable solutions and new possibilities. She asks that participants agree not to electronically record telehealth sessions without prior consent and notes that applicable laws governing HIPAA protections also apply to telehealth sessions, including mandatory and permissive exceptions.

Approaches That Guide Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person from their own perspective. It emphasizes empathy, respect, and support so clients can explore feelings and priorities and build on their strengths - it is useful for relationship concerns, life transitions, and finding personal direction.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into more constructive patterns. It is often used for managing anger, anxiety, grief, and trauma-related symptoms by teaching practical skills and problem-solving strategies.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. It can be especially helpful for impulsivity, intense emotions, and improving communication in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Donna works collaboratively with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences and tailors techniques from these approaches to create a plan that fits each person's situation.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, or caregiving responsibilities and to maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not practical. Donna offers these remote modalities to increase convenience and support ongoing progress.