Donald Holland, LMFT

Donald Holland is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 40 years of practice in North Carolina. He helps people dealing with trauma and abuse, addiction, anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. He focuses on creating an atmosphere where clients can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Clients often come for help after childhood trauma, sexual or physical abuse, or loss. He also supports people facing substance use concerns, sexual or porn addiction, and compulsive behaviors. Attention differences such as ADHD and challenges related to the autism spectrum are part of his day-to-day work. Donald uses several practical therapy approaches to guide sessions. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive-behavioral tools, and emotion-focused methods to help people notice patterns and try different responses. Dialectical skills are used for managing intense emotions and improving coping. His background includes long experience with grief, PTSD, anger, and relationship communication struggles. He has worked with issues tied to adoption and foster care, abandonment and codependency, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image concerns. He also has experience related to aging and geriatric matters. Donald aims to help clients set clear goals and try small, doable changes between sessions. He emphasizes practical techniques and steady progress rather than quick fixes. People who want straightforward, experience-based guidance about trauma, addiction, or mood concerns may feel comfortable bringing their concerns to him.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Donald uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters most to them and take small actions that match those values. ACT is useful when feelings or past events get in the way of living the life someone wants. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try behavioral experiments. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many habit patterns by breaking problems into manageable steps. Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan over time. Confirm current session options before booking, since the therapist's original biography does not list specific online formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make scheduling across time zones or different routines more manageable. Ask about session length and timing when you set up the first appointment so that arrangements match your day-to-day needs.