Donna Camerota
Experienced LCSW guiding practical change
LCSW Connecticut
- Experience
- 24 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Donna
Donna Camerota is a Connecticut-based licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of practice helping people cope with complex life challenges. She focuses on areas such as stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, mood disorders including depression and bipolar, addiction issues, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with body image and midlife transitions, as well as many medical and caregiving contexts where chronic pain, illness, or disability affect daily life. Her approach blends evidence-informed strategies with an empathic, client-centered stance that honors each person's experience.
She draws from cognitive behavioral methods to identify unhelpful thinking and DBT skills to manage intense emotions, while using motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to support practical change. Sessions emphasize building communication, addressing attachment and abandonment issues when relevant, and strengthening self-esteem and coping skills.
Camerota frames therapy as a collaborative process in which clients set goals and explore steps toward meaningful change. She works by meeting clients where they are, offering steadiness during difficult transitions and guidance when navigating career stress, family complexity, sleep problems, or co-occurring conditions.
Evidence-Informed Methods for Online Care
Donna Camerota integrates cognitive behavioral techniques and client-centered work to address unhelpful thinking patterns and to create a supportive therapeutic relationship. CBT offers practical strategies for changing thoughts and behaviors tied to anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many stress-related issues, while client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration to help clients explore values and goals.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills to help manage intense emotions and improve interpersonal effectiveness when needed. DBT-informed techniques can be useful for regulating strong feelings, reducing impulsive reactions, and strengthening communication in relationships and stressful situations.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and she works together with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. That collaborative exploration guides how sessions unfold and which strategies are emphasized.
Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible and allows people to engage in care from home or other convenient locations. These options support continuity of care and allow clients to select formats that fit their routines and comfort levels.
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Experience
24+ years
Licensed
Connecticut
Languages
English