About Donna
Donna King is a licensed professional counselor in Missouri who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, and trauma. She draws on 18 years of experience to guide people through grief, addiction challenges, parenting strain, and career or life transitions. Donna aims to meet people where they are and offer steady, respectful support.
Her style is warm and engaging. She encourages open conversation and listens for what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as making space to process painful experiences. Donna uses several evidence-informed approaches to suit different needs. She may use client-centered work to clarify values and goals, cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and EMDR when trauma memories are a central concern.
She also draws on emotionally-focused and existential ideas when themes of meaning, attachment, or identity arise. In the room she balances structure and openness. Some sessions follow a clear plan with skills practice and homework.
Other times the conversation is more exploratory to understand long-standing patterns and feelings. The pace is adjusted to each person’s comfort and readiness. Donna is upfront about logistics and choices.
She speaks English and works from Missouri. People can expect a collaborative process that connects real-life problems to practical strategies and deeper personal insight.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's own goals and values. The therapist listens closely and reflects what matters to the client, helping people clarify choices and build self-directed change. This approach is useful for relationship concerns, life transitions, and self-esteem work.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, concentrates on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behavior patterns. It often includes concrete skills and short exercises people can practice between sessions, which works well for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used when past traumatic memories keep causing distress. It aims to reduce the intensity of those memories so they interfere less with daily life, and is often integrated with other approaches when trauma is a focus.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss each option and collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, comfort level, and pace. That means approaches can shift over time as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth sessions and skills demonstrations. Phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are convenient for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when fitting a session into a busy day. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible while keeping focus on the work a person wants to do.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English