Donna Ferber - Psychotherapist, Author & Speaker

Donna Ferber, LPC, LADC, LLC.Life is filled with difficult challenges and changes. These include divorce, retirement, empty-nesting, illness, job loss and aging. Like a pebble dropped in calm waters, change shakes everything up. The ripples of change are far reaching, often in ways we could not imagine. In times of transition, we are often faced with life altering decisions. It is not surprising that we feel overwhelmed.However, it is in transition when we can experience the most intense personal growth and profound transformation. For 24 years as a therapist, I have been privileged and inspired to share this journey with hundreds of clients.

My goal is to support and empower you during this challenging time. We will address the depression and anxiety that often accompanies transition. These symptoms are often relieved with individual therapy, support groups, hypnotherapy, cognitive behavior techniques or meditation. Rather than fit the client to a rigid template of psychotherapy, together we will explore which modalities and techniques are right for you.

My clients experience a non-judgmental and accepting environment where authenticity is encouraged and transformation is celebrated. And because connection is a great healer, group work and annual retreats serve as important adjuncts to individual sessions. Among other positive experiences, they offer affirmation, empowerment and a renewed sense of the joy and wonder of life.

“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream, Discover.”  – Mark Twain

Children in Blended Families: What We Want Our Step-Parents to Know

When dealing with children in step-families, it is important to remember that blended families are always created after a loss. The child has experienced either a divorce or death of a parent. Even in cases when a parent was not previously married, the assumption is the child will welcome the new spouse with the same [...]

Renewable Marriage: Problem or Progress?

Most of us are aware of the high percentage of divorces in the United States. Some reports indicate that 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. As devastating as it is to have a love relationship end, it is compounded by the arduous process of divorce; the fighting over finances and children can go [...]

The One That Got Away

Alfred Tennyson said, “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Perhaps it can also be said, “In the winter a not so young woman’s fancy turns to thoughts of Googling old love.”  January can be a bit of a bummer. The magic and merriment of the holidays have passed. [...]

Your Year in Review 2011: Without Resolutions!

As we herald in the New Year, many begin thinking about making resolutions. However, before you burden yourself with a lengthy list of overwhelming goals for 2012, consider this: Resolutions are just self deprecation with spin. They are born of our relentless focus on our deficits. The worse we feel about ourselves the more resolutions [...]

The Gifts of the Holiday Season

What’s in your Glass? “To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.”  ~Ken Keyes In the endless debate regarding “Is the glass half full, or half empty?”, I think we miss the point.  A better question would be, “Can you see your glass as half empty AND half full [...]