About Donna
Donna Gettle is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 22 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports those coping with addictions, relationship strain, grief, and low self-esteem. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at practical steps people can use right away.
Donna builds sessions around each person’s needs and background. She listens to beliefs and values and meets people where they are, whether faith-based or secular.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what is most pressing and what will make daily life easier. Her work relies on evidence-based therapeutic techniques chosen to match each person's goals. Sessions emphasize concrete coping strategies, slowing down intense feelings, and strengthening healthy habits.
Over time clients often gain clearer thinking and steadier emotional responses. Donna has worked in Montana for more than two decades and has experience across many common life transitions. She aims to help people rebuild resilience, repair strained patterns, and feel more capable handling tough moments.
Her approach balances empathy with practical tools. People who come for counseling can expect collaborative planning and step-by-step guidance. Sessions offer a mix of listening, skill teaching, and real-world practice assignments.
The goal is to leave each week better able to manage stress, reduce anxiety, and move toward the changes that matter most.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Counseling
Donna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach teaches breathing and grounding skills to reduce immediate anxiety and improve emotional control. This helps when stress becomes overwhelming and interferes with daily tasks.Another frequent technique involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new ways of thinking and reacting. That method helps people notice automatic worries and gradually build calmer responses. A third area combines skill practice with real-life assignments to strengthen coping and resilience over time.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will ask about your goals, what has or hasn’t worked before, and what feels comfortable. Together you will try techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to keep working between busy days. Video calls are close to in-person sessions and are useful for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for short updates, brief coping reminders, and quick support between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English
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