About Donna
Donna Gettle offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss, or low self-worth. She presents a steady presence and clear guidance for those needing help sorting strong emotions or difficult life changes. Donna has more than 22 years of experience as a Montana clinician and holds the credential MT LCPC.
She meets people where they are, whether they follow a faith tradition or prefer a secular approach.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on listening, clarifying what matters to the client, and finding small changes that make daily life easier. Her work centers on helping individuals develop coping skills and rebuild emotional strength after loss or setbacks.
She aims to make strategies concrete and usable - brief practices to reduce worry, steps to manage urges, and ways to communicate more clearly in tense moments. Donna adapts conversations to a person’s pace and values. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person’s goals.
Over time, the emphasis moves from problem management to building lasting routines that support wellbeing. People come for short-term help and longer work alike. The focus is practical: reduce distress, improve relationships, and increase confidence in daily decisions.
Donna keeps the work straightforward and focused on what a person needs now and next.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Donna draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, practical terms. One common approach focuses on skill-building for anxiety and stress - teaching breathing, grounding, and short behavioral steps to reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Another approach concentrates on coping with grief and loss by helping people process emotions, create meaning, and develop routines that support gradual healing.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. That process may start with brief experiments in session and carry into simple between-session practices to see what fits a person’s life.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people send quick updates, track progress, and maintain contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, and family routines while working with licensed professionals.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English