Nathalie Donny , LMHC

Nathalie Donny is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She brings practical tools and clear steps to sessions so people can get back to daily life with more confidence. Nathalie speaks English and French and works with adults facing a wide range of life challenges.

Her background includes long experience with trauma, including sexual and physical abuse, plus grief and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, career transitions, eating difficulties, bipolar mood concerns, and ADHD. Nathalie blends clinical work with coaching skills for clients facing major life changes.

Nathalie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice thoughts and focus on values-driven action. Her client-centered stance keeps sessions person-focused and respectful.

In practice she aims to teach skills people can use between sessions. That can look like learning emotion regulation, practicing communication techniques, or creating manageable plans for change. Sessions tend to be straightforward, skills-oriented, and paced to the person’s needs.

People often seek her help for family-of-origin issues, abandonment and attachment concerns, body image and codependency, or for support after divorce and separation. Nathalie’s approach is steady and practical, designed to build self-awareness and stronger coping over time.

How Nathalie’s Approaches Translate to Online Sessions

Nathalie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to pinpoint unhelpful thoughts and habits, then work on practical changes people can try between sessions. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it focuses on concrete skills and measurable steps.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. ACT can be helpful when someone wants to build a life that matters despite ongoing stress or painful feelings.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nathalie will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then adapt CBT, ACT, or client-centered techniques to fit what the person needs. The plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

Online formats offer flexibility that many people need. Video calls let therapists observe nonverbal cues and run skills practice in real time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat or text-based messaging can be a shorter check-in option or a way to keep momentum between scheduled sessions.