Who Donna Cook Works With

Finding the right therapist matters. Donna Cook, MSW, RSW, Psychotherapist, offers online therapy for adults in Ontario, with a particular focus on women, neurodiverse clients, and people navigating trauma, anxiety, mood concerns, life transitions, grief, self-doubt, or interpersonal stress.

This page can help you understand whether Donna’s approach may feel like a good fit for your needs. You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out. An initial consultation gives you space to ask questions, share what you are looking for, and decide whether working together feels like the right next step.

Donna’s work is grounded in compassion, collaboration, and respect for each client’s lived experience. Therapy can be especially helpful when you want a space where you can speak honestly, explore patterns, and better understand what you are carrying.

You may be a good fit for Donna’s approach if you are seeking online therapy in Ontario and want support that is thoughtful, paced, and individualized rather than rushed or one-size-fits-all.

Every client is different, and therapy should be shaped around the person in front of the therapist. Donna commonly works with adults who are trying to understand themselves more clearly, cope with emotional pain, and build a more grounded relationship with their thoughts, feelings, body, and relationships.

For some people, the starting point is trauma, anxiety, grief, or burnout. For others, the concern is harder to name: feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, self-critical, misunderstood, or unsure why certain patterns keep repeating.

Donna may be a good fit for clients who:

Donna’s areas of focus include women’s therapy, trauma-focused therapy, EMDR therapy, individual counselling, and wellness-focused support.

Some clients come to therapy because they want support with a specific issue, such as trauma, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, or relationship stress. Others come because life feels harder than it used to and they are not sure where to begin.

For neurodiverse clients, therapy may include attention to sensory needs, communication preferences, emotional regulation, masking, burnout, relationship stress, and the impact of moving through systems that may not always feel designed with neurodivergent experiences in mind.

Donna provides virtual therapy for clients located in Ontario. Online sessions can make counselling more accessible for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, transportation barriers, rural or remote locations, disability-related needs, or a preference to attend from a familiar private space.

Virtual care still requires thoughtfulness. The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario notes that virtual health care should involve consent, privacy safeguards, and a discussion of the risks and benefits of virtual care. Before beginning online therapy, Donna will review relevant details so you understand how sessions work and can make an informed choice.

Therapy with Donna is collaborative. The process is not about fitting you into a preset formula. It is about understanding what you are experiencing, what you need support with, and what kind of therapeutic approach may be most appropriate.

Depending on your goals, therapy may include reflection, emotional support, coping strategies, boundaries, trauma-focused work, EMDR therapy, mindfulness-informed tools, or support around relationships, self-worth, grief, burnout, and life transitions.

Together, you may work on:

The best starting point depends on what you are experiencing and what kind of support you are looking for. Donna offers several related areas of focus, and the initial consultation can help you decide where your work together may begin.