Hello, and welcome. I’m Donna Paloy, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 25 years of experience. Throughout my career, I’ve had the honor of helping many individuals navigate complex emotional and life challenges with compassion, respect, innovation, creativity, and a deep belief in each person’s capacity to heal and grow when given the right tools.
My approach is trauma-informed and holistic. I specialize in complicated trauma and abuse, and have extensive experience working with mood disorders, anxiety, depression, grief, ADD/ADHD, and life transitions. I use a blend of evidence-based therapy, mindfulness, and creative expression to help clients regain clarity, confidence, and peace of mind.
I know that reaching out for support can feel vulnerable—and it’s also a powerful first step toward healing. Together, we’ll create a plan that helps you move forward, one step at a time, toward a life that feels balanced, fulfilling, and authentically yours.
Additional areas of focus: Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Hoarding, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
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Donna and I have met three times, and I already feel as if she is an integral part of my support system. She’s knowledgeable and well versed in valuable resources to help me through this difficult situation.
Written on Jan 24, 2026 after therapy with Donna for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and grief
In just three sessions, Donna had helped me put so many pieces together and a path forward to me from surviving to thriving. I am so thankful for her insights and advice!
Written on Jan 24, 2026 after therapy with Donna for 3 weeks on issues concerning trauma and abuse