- Guilt and shame work
- Communication help
- Life transitions
About Donna
Donna Bolger is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Delaware with 25 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, depression, and the strain of life changes. Donna also focuses on communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, and self-love.
Donna listens for the things a person carries beneath everyday problems. She helps people name difficult feelings, including guilt and shame, and look at how those feelings affect daily life. Sessions are conversational and practical, with attention to choosing small, doable steps forward.
Her approach is collaborative. Donna aims to understand each person's values and beliefs and uses that understanding to shape the work together. She says faith can be part of sessions when clients bring it up, or she will keep the work secular if that fits better.
In sessions she talks through relationship patterns and communication habits. She helps people practice clearer ways to ask for what they need. When guilt or shame is present, she supports clients in untangling those feelings from current choices and long-standing self-judgments.
Donna frames progress as steady work rather than sudden fixes. She guides people in building stronger self-regard and clearer purpose over time. Her steady experience is aimed at helping clients make practical shifts that fit their everyday lives.
Approaches and how online sessions can work
Donna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address common problems like anxiety, depression, and relationship conflict. One approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and trying new, practical alternatives to test what works in daily life. This helps when guilt or shame keeps someone stuck in the same reactive responses.Another approach looks at communication and relationship skills. It teaches clearer ways to express needs and set boundaries, which can reduce isolation and repeated conflict. These techniques are hands-on and practice-oriented, with concrete communication exercises and feedback.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Donna collaborates with each person to decide which techniques match their goals, values, and current challenges, and she adjusts the approach as progress is observed.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits help people maintain steady sessions while balancing other commitments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Delaware
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, depression, and coping with life changes, and also focuses on guilt and shame, forgiveness, and isolation.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She helps people name and describe those feelings, see how they affect daily behavior, and take small practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns.
What is her background and experience?
Donna has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults on mood, addiction, relationship, and life-purpose concerns.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Delaware and practices with that credential in the state.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Rates vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.