Donna Khan

Donna Khan is an LMSW with more than three decades of experience helping people navigate trauma, stress, and relationship struggles. She brings a calm, practical approach and a focus on building coping skills. Donna aims to listen first and then help people find steps that fit their life. Donna trained at Wayne State University where she earned both her Bachelor and Master of Social Work degrees in 1994. Her clinical background includes inpatient medical social work and outpatient clinic practice in the Detroit, Michigan area. That range means she is familiar with urgent care needs and longer-term therapy work. In sessions she uses Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based ideas and more skills-oriented methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Expect straightforward skill practice, discussion of patterns in relationships, and attention to how past hurts affect today. She has worked on issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family conflict, addictions, and stress from caregiving or career changes. Donna also supports people facing body image, parenting strain, codependency, and trauma or abuse histories. Her style is respectful and paced to each person. She emphasizes concrete strategies - tools to manage emotions, communicate more clearly, and handle painful memories. To begin, clients use the site’s Start Therapy flow to match and schedule a session.

How Donna’s Methods Translate to Online Work

Donna uses Trauma-Focused Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered approaches in her work. Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on addressing painful memories and their effects through careful pacing and targeted techniques to reduce reactivity. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current interactions and helps people build more secure ways of relating. Client-Centered therapy centers the person’s experience, using empathic listening and reflection to help them find their own solutions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Donna will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needs change over time.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into busy schedules and easing travel time so it is simpler to keep regular appointments. Online work can also make it easier to use skills between sessions and to review material learned earlier. Because specific session formats were not listed in the biography, confirm the available options when you schedule so you know how sessions will be delivered.