Rate Donald (Don) Maestas

Things are going pretty well for me these days. It’s still very valuable for me to do a brief check-in call with Don to review any small sticking points I might have encountered during the week.

Don is great. He listens well and can get through to the core of what is going on. And oftentimes he will send relevant information, articles or videos that touch more on the subject. Working with Don has helped me with a lot of situations and I would recommend him to anyone looking for a good therapist.

Don is my first counseling experience where I feel he is listening and present every session. He keeps me on track with my goals and thoughtfully responds and draws me back into my purpose when I am fearful and want to regress. I know that with his help I will make life long changes and growth.

He is a true expert in family systems

Don is very helpful if you're willing to make some adjustments in your relationship. Gave us some really helpful tools to get us back on track.

Don is an amazing counselor to work with. He hears your problems, works with different strategies to address them and continues to improve your situation. He is the best counselor I've worked with and he has changed my life for the better!

Don is very kind and extremely non judgmental. When I started with Don I had social anxiety and was the type of person to google ‘what is it ok to speak to your therapist about? ’. Very quickly I felt that I was able to speak to don about anything that was going on. This allowed me, for the first time, to see how I speak and act when I am not acting purely to negate other peoples judgements. Don has gradually been helping me get to the place where I can enter the world with this same mindset and ‘be my authentic self’. He is also very patient and caring. He will always give you his full attention and consideration and he never makes you feel like your problems are small, no matter how trivial they may be. He also goes out of his way by letting you know he is thinking about you and regularly sending resources outside of sessions.

He was very helpful and considerate. I have realize a lot about my self. Help me see what I have been blind to. Thank you.

Very thorough and great at identifying with the patients themselves. Also takes the time to reach out outside of the actual counseling sessions.

Don has been very helpful to me in my journey to come out after 20 years of marriage. Both in how it will impact my spouse and kids but what I need to do as well.

Don is very encouraging. He listens actively, and weekly sends me articles, or things to listen to, that encourage further development of the topics were working on. He remembers what we've talked about before, and has good insight. For me, the added benefit is Don's including faith and God; he is comfortable and helpful spiritually, and that helps me.

Great guy, understands my issue.

Don is wonderful. He's patient and insightful while connecting with you very personally, friendly. I highly recommend working with him.

New to this platform but Don has been great even during my free trial period! I'm looking forward to all that I learn about myself as well as how to improve my every day life and getting to feeling better both physically emotionally spiritually and just overall a better me despite all that I feel and live with daily. I'm excited for this journey and the site has so many options that fit my hectic non 9-5 work schedule. So for that I'm grateful! Don has so far been very open to odd hours and I know he does this not for just a paycheck! He cares for all he deals with. Anyway I feel I found a great thing here with faithfulcounseling.com. I recommend it for sure!

Don consistently handles our conversations and my questions and with wisdom and patience. I have appreciated his approach to counseling.

I feel that Don listens to what I am saying and he is very quick to respond. It has been very helpful having him respond to things quickly and also I feel he has had so much experience that he can relate to all the things that I bring to the table. He’s also provided me with outside sources and that has been helpful as well. I am very happy with this interaction thus far.

Don is wonderful to work with. He has helped me through some tough times. I am very grateful he has spent the time to help me.

Lovely guy who supports me and strengthens me for my day to day life. Would recommend him on a personal basis.

Don takes the time to listen to me as an individual and really cares about solving the problem with simple concepts. Since our lessons, I've grown more confident speaking to my girlfriend, and I've come to control my anxiety more and more. He's a good listener and is open and honest to give you the up front answer. Thanks again for your help during this time.

He amazing

He is very compassionate and I feel very comfortable talking to him!

Don is warm, gentle, and an excellent listener. He is exactly what I need in my life right now, and he helped me to work through the very complex grief for my father. He has healed wounds I thought could not be healed.

He's been very insightful, patient and caring.

Don is wonderful!! I would not be as mentally sound without him. I am forever grateful!

Don is an extremely effective, understanding counselor. He has helped me confront issues with stress, anxiety and anger. He is the best therapist I have had.

Provides great insight and is very understanding. Great soothing tone never sounds condescending.

Don is the best

I absolutely love having Don as my therapist. I truly don’t think I would have made it this far without him and he knows exactly how to explain things in a way that my brain understands. I also don’t think my BetterHelp experience would have been as good if I didn’t receive him as my therapist. I truly credit him for everything I’ve been able to get through and while I know he’s only been guiding me and that I’ve done the work, he is truly invaluable and all of his clients are lucky to have him.

Don is a wonderful counselor who has helped me navigate an extremely tough couple of years. I appreciate how great of a listener he is, along with the actionable solutions he offers to help me improve my mindset and wellbeing. I always feel heard and seen in our sessions.

Don has been an absolute pleasure to work with. I am fairly sporadic but he is ‘right there’ whenever I need him. Complete confidence in his skills.

I have absolutely loved my sessions with Don. I like the way he helps me get through what I’m struggling with while at the same time focusing on things that I’m doing well. My biggest issue is staying positive even when things are hard but I think he has helped me tremendously.

Fantastic support.

Actually listens... he doesn't generalize or compare your situation to things that have no real value... Hands down the most relevant and useful advice I have received in a very long time. Would absolutely recommend.

Don has been supportive and responsive at every opportunity. Whatever comes up that seems like a big deal to me turns out, after a short conversation, to be an opportunity for a manageable and actionable course adjustment. He helps me to take life’s twists in stride, making meaningful changes that are not overwhelming. The trajectory my life has taken since I began working with Don is entirely positive, though also challenging enough to be rewarding. Thanks, Don!

Don is great support. Talking on and off for the last couple of years, he's helped me deal with anxieties from a few different career transitions, complete change in vision for future paths, intricate relationship issues and worries, and other various issues. He's a rock that reminds me where I am and is easy to open up to.

Don is great at listening your concerns and resolve issues. He guided me on my personal issues. He is definitely knowledgeable.

Don Maestas is very patient, non-judgmental, and resourceful. He took the time to learn my preferred way of learning and infused that into my therapy, which helped me address issues thoroughly and in a timely manner. Don Maestas worked with me and not for me, and I appreciate that distinction. He is by far the best Therapist I have worked with.

Don is great! I agree with some of the other reviews saying he allows you to feel comfortable opening up about anything, right from the start. The very first session even made me feel better about myself

I have seen many therapists in the past. Don is the best!

Understanding and respectful of where I am while motivating me to change at the same time.

Very helpful!

Don is great!

I cannot say enough how much I appreciate Don's expertise and perspective. He has a wonderful balance of being able to meet me where I'm at and validate my experiences while also gently challenging me to do things differently. I always walk away from our sessions feeling better and feeling like I have a plan. Especially now, living through the stress of a pandemic, I am grateful that he is in my life.

Don is a great listener, a patient coach, highly practical and tactical in his advice, consistent, and professional. Great, non-threatening demeanor, no BS, right to the point and develops a relationship over time that allows him to press on behavioral patterns that might need addressing with elegance and effectiveness.

Patient. He is patient with me. Very understandung. Sheds light in my datkness.

Don is an excellent therapist. Truly helpful. He shares his experience, wisdom and compassion easily. I am grateful beyond measure.

My sessions with Don have really helped me find focus and perspective. Right from the start, I was pleasantly surprised by how comfortable he made me feel speaking about subjects that were not always easy to open up about. He is friendly and funny, but always attentive and trying to understand. I get the impression that he genuinely cares and is invested in helping me to create real change.

This has changed my life. I couldn’t even function and after gaining some tools and speaking to my counselor everything is not so bad. I was getting ready to destroy my life again and I feel this has helped more than I can explain. Thank you!!!

I so appreciate the perspective and support that Don gives me. I feel very lucky to have been matched with him.

Working with Don has been wonderful! He's helped me work on a variety of issues and always brings a new perspective I need to hear.

Don is great! Extremely insightful and kind. I have really enjoyed working with Don during my sessions.

I actually referred a friend tonight saying hey instead of you trying to work it out on your own you really should get a membership with BetterHelp.

Having worked with many therapists over the years I still felt at a loss and unheard. In the short weeks I have been working with Don I have gained traction on my mental health and recovery which has felt like a hamster wheel for the past 10 years. The skills Don is helping me build and recognize have had an insightful impact providing glimpses of hope within myself. Thank you for working and believing in me Don.

Don is such an excellent listener and so insightful that it feels as though he's reading my mind. His feedback is incredibly compassionate and constructive. He provides excellent reading material as well!

I love how scientific his approach is. Don is very open minded. It's very refreshing!

Dan's a great listener. He has a lot of wisdom and compassion.

Don is amazing.

I would defenitely recommend Don Maestas! He's been really reliable, offered me a tailored program for my anxiety and it's been working so well. I think he's an amazing counselor, really funny and very easy to talk to.

He is so patient kind and offers lots of tools to help my process and I am very thankful.

Don is great! He is very knowledgeable and can help you within a variety of setting and situations. He has been with me through some tough times in my life. I appreciate you, Don!

Don listens and seems to actually care about getting me through my issues.

Don does a great job of speaking rationally through things while empathizing in a really genuine way. He’s provided great actionable ways to work through things, and seems to have a sincere investment in my wellbeing. I’ve been blown away by the connection that can be built over an online chat, and I’m so grateful!

I've only had a few short sessions with Don, but I can tell you his care and compassion are already apparent! He takes the time to really listen and has been sending tips, articles and other tools that are appropriate to my specific situation. I couldn't be more pleased to have been paired with him and hope to continue to gain insights and tools to better my life and improve my mental health for a long time!!

Don was very helpful and engaging. I felt that he was thorough and a great listener. He was kind and compassionate and really helped me work through my issues. Highly recommend.

When talking to Mr. Don Maestas I don't feel at all that I'm talking to a stranger but yet I feel more if I am speaking to someone that I trust not just only as a therapist but mostly a friend. I would highly recommend a friend or family member to work with Mr. Don Maestas.

I have participated in traditional counseling in the past. I was apprehensive about this format in the beginning. However, Don was a great fit/match, I’ve become comfortable with the format and would recommend Better Help and Don to others.

It’s not often in life that people really listen. It may be his job, but he really does and without judgement. He not only completely understands my point of view, but he strives to also make me understand all of the facets involved in my thinking, whilst developing strategies to resolve my inner conflicts and negative thinking. Importantly, he appears a friendly and very amiable guy who is genuinely interested in my problems and wants to help me overcome them. A top guy and top counsellor.

Don is a professional counselor, yet it feels like you’re speaking to a friend. His expertise comes through with the deep questions he asks, the exercises he shares, and the regular check-ins. I believe the counseling sessions I’ve had with Don have helped me focus on what truly matters, and continuously allow me to take a step back and observe the bigger picture, and reflect on how I can take control towards shaping my life how I want it, and most importantly learning for myself what that is and would be for me (to find true happiness).