About

Ann Durden Donovan, following in her family's footsteps (her family started Tucker’s Psychiatric in 1912) has been a psychotherapist for more than 20 years. As a Licensed Professional Counselor she began her counseling career in prisons.

A few years later, a private practice called specializing in teens and adults who engage in self-destructive behaviors such as self-harm, isolation, and toxic relationships. Her treatment approach incorporates CBT, psychotherapy, goal-oriented and solution-focused therapies, and family systems. Ann has been extensively trained in Foundational DBT.

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Specializing in:

  • ADHD (and other processing disorders)

  • Mood Disorders

  • Personality Disorders - with special focus on BPD

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Teen girls with high functioning autism (formally known as Aspergers) working closely with educational specialists.

Ann’s desire for each client, to be their authentic self where the heart and head harmoniously co-exist, is the foundation of her therapeutic practice.

She is a graduate of the MCV/VCU Rehabilitation Counseling program. Number one in her class she was awarded the prestigious Stalnaker-Wright Award for Achievement in Counseling, inducted in the Chi Sigma Iota Honor Society for Excellence in Professional Counseling, and is a Ph.D. candidate.

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I treat teen girls with high functioning autism formally known as Aspergers and work closely with educational specialists.