About Donald
Dr. Donald Strauss brings more than five decades of experience to his practice. He combines medical and social work training to support people facing long-term mental health challenges and life transitions.
He commonly helps with anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and stress that affects daily life. He previously worked with people coping with degenerative neurological conditions and severe health changes. He also has experience helping professionals who face compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
That history informs a practical style that focuses on what a person can do now to feel steadier and more in control. In sessions he uses straightforward techniques to change unhelpful thinking and patterns of behavior. He also explores how early attachments and life stories affect how people relate and respond now.
Together with each person he looks for realistic strategies that fit their life and goals. Dr. Strauss holds an MD and social work licenses LCSW-C and LISW.
He draws on cognitive behavioral approaches alongside attachment-based and psychodynamic ideas to create a flexible plan. Sessions aim to be focused and problem-oriented while leaving room to understand deeper patterns. People who work with him can expect a collaborative process with clear steps and practical homework when it helps.
He offers video, phone, chat, and messaging sessions for people in South Carolina and beyond. Language of work is English.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. It helps people understand why they react in close relationships and how to build more supported ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related struggles with focus and routines, and for building coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Strauss will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then combine methods to match those needs. This is a collaborative process where the therapist and the person set clear steps and review progress together.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or health challenges. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can fit a short check-in or lower bandwidth needs, and live chat or text messaging can work for brief updates or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep regular contact and to apply skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 52 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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