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Donna Alexander

Practical guidance for clearer relationships

LMFT Tennessee

Experience
22 years in practice
Focus areas
Relationship, Family, Grief
Approaches
Gottman Method, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Languages
English

About Donna

Donna Alexander is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 22 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people untangle relationship patterns and improve communication.

Background and approach

Her style is straightforward and practical, aimed at making small changes that matter day to day. She uses methods that look at how people interact and how emotions drive those interactions.

That can mean talking through difficult conversations, practicing new ways to listen, or learning tools to reduce repeated arguments. Donna draws on the Gottman Method along with other well-known approaches to guide that work.

Donna also addresses stress, anxiety, grief, and questions about life purpose. She helps people manage parenting strains, career transitions, and low self-esteem with step-by-step strategies.

When anger or eating concerns arise, she aims to identify triggers and build healthier responses. Because she brings two decades of experience, Donna often weaves short-term problem solving with deeper emotional work.

Sessions can include skill practice, gentle challenge, and goal-focused coaching. She emphasizes respect for each person’s values and life story.

Donna practices in Tennessee and offers sessions in English. Her approach is meant to be practical and compassionate, helping people make steady progress toward clearer communication and more manageable day-to-day living.

Online approaches for relational and emotional work

Donna draws on the Gottman Method to look at interaction patterns and communication habits that affect relationships, helping people learn concrete skills to reduce conflict and increase connection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more constructive thinking that eases anxiety and depression.

Choosing an approach is a shared process. Donna will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then recommend methods that fit. That collaboration helps shape a plan that can include short-term strategies or longer emotional work depending on what the client wants.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone sessions can fit a break at work or lower bandwidth situations, and chat or messaging can be useful for short check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and adaptable to everyday life.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Donna address in therapy?
She helps with relationship issues, family matters, grief, parenting, stress, anxiety, eating issues, anger, self-esteem, career questions, depression, coping with life changes, and coaching.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines practical problem solving with emotional work. She uses structured methods to improve communication and reduce repeated patterns.
How long has she been practicing?
Donna has 22 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns and life transitions.
What credentials and location apply to this profile?
She holds the credential LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and is based in Tennessee.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How much does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefParenting issues

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyEating disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoaching

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

22+ years

Licensed in

Tennessee

Languages

English