Donna Maso, LCSW

Donna Maso is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 31 years of experience. She helps people navigate relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, and anger. Her approach aims to make therapy practical and understandable for people feeling overwhelmed.

Donna draws on decades of work in many settings, including outpatient services, crisis care, inpatient units, shelters, and hospice. She has supported people across the lifespan from young children to older adults. That background means she is familiar with common pressures like caregiving stress, blended family tensions, and end-of-life concerns.

In sessions she focuses on the person in front of her and their everyday life. Donna uses client-centered methods to listen and build on a person’s strengths. She also brings in tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies to help manage strong emotions and change unhelpful patterns.

She includes mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to develop clear steps clients can try between visits. Practical skills, short-term goals, and steady progress are common features of her work. Donna aims to help clients find workable solutions and regain a sense of direction.

Donna has a Florida LCSW credential and has spent much of her career developing programs and services for varied populations. People who choose her often want an experienced clinician who combines real-world experience with straightforward therapeutic strategies.

How Donna’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs a steady, understanding presence and practical feedback. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches clear skills to change them; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and anger. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving relationships through skills like distress tolerance and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Donna will work together with each person to decide which tools fit their goals and situation. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made or new priorities appear.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer more flexibility around work or caregiving schedules. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT techniques to an online setting, using practical exercises, homework, and mindfulness practice to support steady progress.