Meet your therapist.

Donna C. Poon
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, EdM, MA, LMHC

Donna Poon dedicates her professional practice to make mental healthcare more culturally receptive and accessible. She believes that therapy should be less intimidating and knows treatment is not a one-size-fits-all approach.

Donna specializes in working with diverse populations including: adolescent, young adults, working professionals, parents, AAPI, LGBTQIA+, and marginalized communities.

Donna talks about cultural identity, interpersonal and romantic relationships, family dynamics, career, and financial concerns. She takes a holistic approach to therapy and care.

She received her graduate degree from Columbia University in Mental Health Counseling and her undergraduate degree from New York University in Applied Psychology.

Philosophy

Donna’s therapy philosophy supports empowerment and opportunist thinking, helping her clients gain insight and mindset shifts that promote emotional and mental resilience. Her treatment approaches with her clients include:

  • cognitive-behavioral

  • feminist

  • mindfulness-based

  • multicultural

  • person-centered

  • psychodynamic

  • trauma-focused

Consulting

In addition to her psychotherapy work, Donna is also a Mental Health Consultant working with academic, government, non-profit, and corporate institutions. Her clients include:

  • NYC Public Schools

  • Community Non-Profit Organizations

  • Employee Resource Groups

  • Start-Up Companies

She works with these organizations to increase capacity to discuss and address mental-health related workplace concerns such as:

  • workplace climate

  • professional development

  • people management

  • mental health screening

  • conflict resolution

  • partnership mediation

To work with Donna on supporting your teams, please indicate in the subject of your email when you book a consultation.