Donna Wilbur , LICSW

Donna Wilbur is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) with 25 years of experience. She works with people facing mood disorders, grief, trauma, depression, bipolar concerns, and LGBT-related challenges. Donna focuses on what each person brings to therapy and helps them build on their strengths.

Donna practices from a recovery model and uses a strengths-based stance. She looks beyond diagnosis and asks what obstacles are getting in the way and what resources the client already has. Sessions aim to build practical skills and clearer steps forward.

She prioritizes a trusting, non-judgmental relationship where clients can speak openly. The therapist helps clients set realistic goals and supports steady progress toward them. People are treated as the expert in their own recovery, with guidance to make their knowledge useful in daily life.

Donna draws on approaches that include cognitive behavioral techniques, relapse prevention strategies, and motivational enhancement methods. These tools are used to address mood regulation, managing triggers, and increasing motivation for change. Therapy sessions are structured to teach skills and practice them between meetings.

Donna is based in Massachusetts and conducts work in English. She also attends to issues related to attachment, abandonment, isolation and workplace stress. Her style is practical, respectful, and focused on helping people regain stability and personal agency.

Evidence-informed approaches for online care

Donna uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice alternative, more balanced responses. This approach often helps with depression, anxiety, social phobia and mood regulation.

She also uses relapse prevention ideas to spot triggers, plan for setbacks, and build steps that reduce the chance of symptom recurrence. That work is practical and action-oriented for people managing bipolar or ongoing mood concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Donna works with each person to figure out which methods feel useful, and adjusts techniques based on goals and what works in everyday life. Clients and therapist set goals together and review progress regularly.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video allows face-to-face interaction, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging works for brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, regular skill practice, and steady momentum between meetings.