mak donovan, mft
Specialties: Individual, Family
Meet Therapist Mak Donovan Specializing In Individual & FamilyTherapy
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 and in fostering the connection between adult family members. I work with adults and adult families to help navigate challenges within relationships, including issues around attachment and unmet needs. I also support those in close relationships with individuals who have personality disorders, helping them set boundaries, build healthier dynamics, and understand how these relationships have impacted them.
Sessions with me are relaxed, conversational, and exploratory. Through a mix of both relational psychoanalysis and reparenting work, I help guide my clients toward a deeper understanding of themselves, their emotional patterns, and the way these patterns influence their behaviors in relationships with others and themselves. My hope is for my clients to feel more connected to themselves and those around them. Sessions with me involve gently exploring family and relationship history to uncover attachment wounds and patterns formed through unmet childhood needs, creating space for both healing and relational growth. At the core of my work is the belief that healing happens within safe and authentic relationships, and I value the therapeutic connection that we build together.
I graduated from East Stroudsburg University with my bachelor's in psychology alongside a minor in counseling. I then went on to receive my master's in couple and family therapy from Thomas Jefferson University. The most rewarding part of my work is building meaningful relationships with my clients and witnessing the positive shifts that occur as they deepen their self-understanding. I believe that the more we understand ourselves, the more compassion and care we can offer ourselves. In my free time, I love to read and write poetry and am deeply invested in music and reality TV.
