About Donald
Donald Holland is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in North Carolina. He has 40 years of experience and focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief, ADHD, and self-esteem concerns.
Background and approach
He speaks English and accepts international clients for online work. Clients can expect straightforward sessions that aim to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
He uses a mix of practical approaches such as cognitive behavioral strategies and emotion-focused work to help people change unhelpful patterns and build healthier responses. Sessions are paced to match each person's needs and goals.
Donald often addresses issues connected to attachment, abandonment, and codependency by exploring relationship patterns and emotional responses. He also supports people facing adoption and foster care adjustments, aging and caregiver strain, chronic illness, autism spectrum concerns, and body image or eating-related struggles.
For those recovering from substance use or behavioral addictions, the focus is on building coping skills and preventing relapse. Trauma work centers on safety, stabilization, and gradual processing of painful memories.
He also helps with parenting strain, sleep problems, and communication challenges. He aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared honestly.
The first step is simply reaching out and describing what feels most urgent. From there he helps people set practical goals and track small, achievable changes over time.
Online approaches that focus on skills and emotions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and commit to actions that reflect their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and ongoing stress where avoidance keeps problems going.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them. It can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many unwanted habits.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. This ensures therapy focuses on what feels most helpful for daily life and long-term progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls let the therapist observe body language and create a fuller face-to-face feel. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let someone work through thoughts in writing and are useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work breaks, travel, or caregiving routines while still accessing licensed professionals and therapeutic approaches.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English