mak donovan, mft
Specialties: Individual, Couples, Family
Hi! I’m Mak Donovan (she/her/hers) and I am a dedicated Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in guiding individuals through the complexities of their relationships, enhancing couples’ connection, and fostering the growth of adult parent-child dynamics. I work with adults who have been negatively impacted by the systems and environments that surround them. I also work with couples and families who feel disconnected from one another.
Sessions with me are very relaxed, conversational, and explorative. Through a mix of Narrative Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy, I help guide my clients toward a deeper understanding of themselves, their emotional patterns, and the way these patterns influence their relationships and behaviors. My hope is for my clients to feel more connected to themselves and those around them. Our sessions will initially consist of getting to know you and what brings you to therapy and then we will address and process your past experiences to learn how they may continue to show up in your life today.
I graduated from East Stroudsburg University with my Bachelor’s in psychology alongside a minor in counseling. Following that, I received my Master’s in Couple and Family Therapy from Thomas Jefferson University. The most rewarding part of being a therapist is supporting my clients through their hardest moments and encouraging them to meet themselves with compassion and understanding, as we are all just human. It’s so special to witness how the lives of my clients change when they treat themselves with kindness and care instead of harshness or judgment. In my free time, I love to read, write poetry, and am deeply invested in music and reality TV.
