Donda Goodson, LMHC, LPC

Donda Goodson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Alabama with 32 years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, ADHD, and the strains of parenting. Her background includes long work in community mental health agencies and private practice.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in Vocational Rehabilitation from Auburn University and a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her counseling license was granted in 1992 by the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling. That mix of agency and private practice experience shapes how she approaches everyday problems.

Donda uses clear, practical methods in sessions. She draws on client-centered work and cognitive behavioral approaches to help people identify patterns that lead to anger and frustration. She also uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness to offer concrete skills for stress and mood regulation.

Conversations in the room focus on what is getting in the way of a person’s goals. She helps people practice different responses, try new habits, and notice what changes. The aim is steady progress rather than instant fixes.

Many clients come with challenges like managing emotions under pressure, staying sober, coping with trauma or loss, and juggling parenting responsibilities while feeling drained. Donda works with those concerns in straightforward, practical ways.

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