Donna Bolinger , LCSW, MD, LCSW-C

Donna Bolinger is a licensed clinician based in Pennsylvania who combines clinical social work training and medical knowledge to support people facing a wide range of life challenges. With LCSW and LCSW-C social work credentials and an MD, she brings a strengths-based, person-focused approach to therapy and helps clients address concerns such as depression, anxiety, grief, relationship and family difficulties, addictions, and stress related to caregiving or chronic illness.

Donna works with people across the spectrum of identity and life stage, including LGBTQ clients, parents, caregivers, older adults, and those navigating changes in intimacy, career, or family structure. She also supports individuals dealing with eating and sleeping issues, ADHD, anger and self-esteem struggles, and the complex emotional effects of chronic pain or medical illness. Her practice attends to both common concerns and more specific focus areas such as abandonment, blended family dynamics, kink and alternative sexual cultures, and compassion fatigue.

Therapeutically she draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and narrative work to tailor treatment to each person. Donna emphasizes collaboration, respect, warmth, and practical problem-solving to help people clarify goals, build strengths, and adjust to life transitions. She aims to create an environment of understanding and steady support as clients move toward their goals.