Donna San Salvador

Donna San Salvador is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and issues related to narcissism. She works with adults and adolescents and offers a practical approach that aims to identify goals and make steady progress. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings and on building skills to handle crisis moments and everyday pressures.

She draws on a mix of methods to fit each person's needs. Donna uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client's lead and build trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps break unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports people dealing with relationship pain and attachment problems. She also brings ideas from Jungian and existential therapies when exploring meaning, identity, and long-standing patterns.

Donna has 13 years of clinical experience and works with a broad range of concerns including trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting stress, intimacy and body-image issues, codependency, and blended family challenges. She also supports people facing abandonment, attachment, BDSM and kink-related topics, and caregiver stress.

Her style is direct but empathetic. Donna helps clients set realistic goals, try practical strategies between sessions, and track progress. She encourages open discussion about expectations and adjusts the plan as needs change.

Clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session according to availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary by location and schedule.

How Donna's Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the client's lead and building a trusting relationship. Online sessions using this approach prioritize listening, reflecting, and collaborating so clients feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear, practical tools and homework exercises that translate well to remote sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people recognize and shift patterns in close relationships by tracking emotions and interaction needs, which can be explored in regular online meetings.

Finding the best approach is a shared process. Donna will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit their situation. Clients and therapist check in often and adjust the plan if something isn't helpful, keeping the work focused on achievable steps.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know the formats offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and keep progress moving when life is hectic. It also allows for shorter check-ins when schedules demand quick support, or longer sessions when deeper work is needed. Discuss scheduling needs and practical preferences up front to find a rhythm that fits everyday life.