About Donna Ford, MS, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor & Founder of 3 Bridges Counseling Service
Donna Ford, MS, LMHC, is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor and founder of 3 Bridges Counseling Service in Wesley Chapel, Florida. With experience spanning private practice, hospitals, schools, crisis care, behavioral health, and geriatric mental health, Donna works with clients across different stages of life.
Her approach to therapy is collaborative, practical, compassionate, and individualized. Rather than approaching every person the same way, Donna draws from evidence based therapeutic approaches to help clients understand patterns, strengthen coping skills, improve relationships, and move toward meaningful change.
Experience across every season of life.
Donna earned her Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University.
Her experience spans a variety of settings, from hospitals to schools to private organizations. She has counseled patients in the midst of acute mental health crises, individuals struggling with substance use, and adults with multiple diagnoses. As the lead clinician for a geriatrics unit, Donna treated seniors with severe mental health issues, ensuring her patients were always treated with dignity.
In other positions, Donna has counseled children and adolescents, helping them improve behavior and build an environment more conducive to learning.
Trained, certified, trusted.
Areas of focus.
Donna works with children, teens, families, and adults, drawing on nine years of clinical experience across hospitals, schools, and private practice.
A person-centered toolbox.
The diversity of Donna's patients reflects her desire to make a meaningful impact in the life of every person she meets. To achieve that impact, she draws from many therapeutic techniques, tailoring care to each individual's needs and circumstances.
curiosity, courage, compassion
Therapy is a collaboration.
Donna believes the relationship between a patient and their therapist should be collaborative. She involves her patients every step of the way when developing their treatment plan, offering guidance and support as they resolve conflicts in interpersonal relationships, navigate struggles with employment or finances, cope with loss, deepen emotional intelligence, and make positive behavior changes.
without judgment
"A safe place where you can talk freely about anything holding you back from accomplishing your dreams.
One of Donna's greatest strengths is her ability to develop an organic, authentic rapport. She approaches every patient without judgment and with abundant compassion, helping them persevere through self-doubt, quiet negative self-talk, forgive themselves for past mistakes, and embrace their own strengths.
Her goal is to help each person find solutions to build a peaceful, productive, and purpose-driven life.