Donna Marchant-Roof, LCSW

Donna Marchant-Roof is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with thirty years of experience. She combines practical strategies with a calm, person-focused way of working to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes.

Donna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and mindfulness practices. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and build small routines that make daily life easier. Sessions move at a steady, realistic pace and focus on doable steps toward clear goals.

Her background includes long experience with anxiety, depression, trauma, and transitions tied to medical changes. Donna has also spent time coaching leaders and clinicians moving into healthcare management roles, which shaped her interest in workplace stress and compassion fatigue.

Recent work has centered on older adults facing changing health, end-of-life concerns, grief, and caregiver strain. She also supports people dealing with parenting pressures, relationship stress, career decisions, and recovery after sexual assault or other abuse.

Donna aims to meet each person where they are and build a plan together. She highlights small wins, sets realistic goals, and uses evidence-informed tools to support progress. People who want straightforward guidance and practical exercises often find her approach helpful.

Using CBT, client-centered care, and mindfulness online

Donna often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems that improve with practice and structured exercises. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience so goals come from their own values and priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to clarify what matters most.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple practices to stay present and reduce reactivity. It can help with stress, grief, and coping with changing health or life roles. Donna will work collaboratively to pick or combine approaches based on each person's goals, strengths, and preferences. Together they build a plan and adjust methods as needed rather than assuming one path fits everyone.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video works well for longer therapy sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone can be a straightforward option when bandwidth is limited. Chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, coaching-style touches, or follow-up between longer sessions, making it easier to keep momentum while balancing work, family, and caregiving demands.