- Strengths based
- Mindfulness informed
- Goal focused
About Donna
Donna Sarvela is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, trauma, and depression. She has 13 years of experience and focuses on practical steps people can use to feel steadier day to day.
Donna uses a strengths-based, client-centered stance that keeps the person’s goals in view. She aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be talked about without judgment. That approach often helps people feel more able to consider change at their own pace.
Her work draws on mindfulness techniques to bring attention to the present moment and reduce reactivity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used when looking at unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. Motivational Interviewing can help people find personal reasons to change, especially around substance use or other habits.
Donna also brings ideas from psychodynamic therapy to understand patterns that come from earlier life experiences and family of origin issues. She pairs this with solution-focused work to identify concrete next steps and small goals that move a person forward.
Clients who come with overlapping issues such as co-morbidity, codependency, or mood disorders can expect a tailored plan that combines these approaches. Donna works with people on smoking or vaping cessation, impulse concerns, forgiveness, and rebuilding purpose after loss or big life changes.
Donna uses a strengths-based, client-centered stance that keeps the person’s goals in view. She aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be talked about without judgment. That approach often helps people feel more able to consider change at their own pace.
Her work draws on mindfulness techniques to bring attention to the present moment and reduce reactivity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used when looking at unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. Motivational Interviewing can help people find personal reasons to change, especially around substance use or other habits.
Donna also brings ideas from psychodynamic therapy to understand patterns that come from earlier life experiences and family of origin issues. She pairs this with solution-focused work to identify concrete next steps and small goals that move a person forward.
Clients who come with overlapping issues such as co-morbidity, codependency, or mood disorders can expect a tailored plan that combines these approaches. Donna works with people on smoking or vaping cessation, impulse concerns, forgiveness, and rebuilding purpose after loss or big life changes.