Andrew Donelan, LCSW-C

Andrew Donelan, LCSW-C, helps people facing addiction, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, and parenting challenges. He uses a straightforward, client-centered style that focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Sessions emphasize building strengths and managing everyday stressors.

Andrew draws on 33 years of clinical experience in Maryland. He frames therapy around each person's goals for healing, growth, and improved day-to-day functioning. That can mean working on communication, managing impulsivity, or navigating separation and divorce. He also supports people dealing with grief, fatherhood issues, midlife transitions, and challenges tied to domestic violence and infidelity.

Mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral ideas are regular parts of his work. Those tools help clients notice unhelpful patterns, manage strong emotions, and try new behaviors. Andrew also incorporates practical strategies for stress management and lifestyle change when they fit a person's goals.

People with dual diagnosis needs have been part of his practice, and he brings a strengths-based focus to those situations. The goal is to guide clients toward changes that improve relationships and daily functioning at home and at work. Andrew aims to make sessions useful and actionable rather than abstract.

He offers virtual visits when requested, and he helps clients figure out steps toward recovery and better coping. To begin, he encourages people to clarify what they want to change and then set small, doable goals to get there.

How evidence-based techniques fit into online care

Andrew commonly uses mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral approaches. Mindfulness involves learning to notice thoughts and sensations without judgment, which can reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. Cognitive-behavioral ideas focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to change mood and actions.

These approaches are aimed at problems like addiction-related urges, anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties. Andrew blends them with a strengths-based, client-centered stance so goals and techniques match what each person needs. Finding the right approach is collaborative - the therapist and client review what works, adjust methods, and set concrete steps together.

If you are interested in online options, confirm the available session formats before booking since options were not fully specified. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow quick check-ins during a workday. It can also make some sessions shorter when that helps with scheduling. Ask about virtual visits and which formats the therapist currently offers when you complete the initial matching questionnaire.