Donna King, LPC

Donna King is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri. She has 18 years of experience helping people who face anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and family strain, trauma and abuse, and struggles with addiction or grief. Donna aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through hard problems and find clearer next steps.

Her sessions tend to be direct and practical. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered approaches, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Existential ideas, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when appropriate. Those methods are used to reduce overwhelming thoughts, work on communication, process painful memories, and rebuild a sense of agency.

Donna often supports people dealing with parenting challenges, intimacy or self-esteem concerns, career stress, and midlife transitions. She also addresses issues such as codependency, divorce and blended family conflicts, caregiver stress, and complications that follow natural or human-caused disasters. She lists work with veteran and armed forces issues among her areas of focus.

In sessions she listens for what matters most to each person and helps set clear, realistic goals. She balances emotional processing with practical tools people can try between meetings. Those tools might include experiments in how to change thoughts and behaviors, communication exercises, or EMDR-based memory work.

Donna welcomes people of varied backgrounds and beliefs. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

Therapeutic approaches and what online work looks like

Donna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, offering empathic listening and a collaborative pace so clients feel heard and understood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used to address relationship and attachment concerns by helping people identify and shift emotional responses that get in the way of connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Donna is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people see facial cues for emotional work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can help with ongoing coaching, quick reflections, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.