Donna Iverson, LCSW

Donna Iverson is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience in Illinois. She draws on 36 years of clinical work to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and parenting challenges. Donna treats each person as the expert on their life and focuses on practical steps toward goals.

She listens first and then helps clients sort priorities and make changes that fit their daily lives. Sessions often focus on skills to manage anxiety, ways to handle family conflict, and strategies for coping with loss. Donna also provides coaching-style support for people aiming to improve confidence and life routines.

Her background includes work with adoption and foster care issues, first responder concerns, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and veteran and armed forces matters. She also has experience supporting people after natural or human-caused disasters and working with personality disorder challenges.

Donna uses a blend of approaches tailored to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing are among the tools she draws on. She helps people choose practical techniques that match their needs and preferences.

Many clients find online sessions helpful when scheduling is tight or travel is difficult. Donna offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to keep therapy reachable. She supports steady progress with short-term goals and ongoing check-ins.

How CBT and Client-Centered Work Online

Donna often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns in thoughts and behaviors and try different ways of responding. CBT is practical and skills-focused, which can help with anxiety, stress, and situations that trigger strong reactions.

She also uses client-centered therapy that starts with listening. This approach helps people feel heard and then builds goals from their own values. Mindfulness practices are added when helpful to reduce reactivity and teach simple attention skills.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Donna will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then shape sessions around what seems most helpful. That may mean practicing a CBT technique one week and using motivational interviewing the next to support change.

Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions are good when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat or text messaging can support quick reflections, brief coaching, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep steady momentum.