About Donna
###Please note that Donna's caseload is full and this booking option is only available for current active clients.
Works with: Prenatal, Perinatal, Early Childhood (5-), Childhood (5+), Adolescents, Adults, Seniors, Parenting.
Donna is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with over 2 decades of experience supporting individuals and families. She holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University, a Bachelor of Social Work with Distinction from the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Regina. Donna has extensive experience in the field of support services. She has worked as a counsellor within a vocational high school, a Special Constable and Victim Service Worker for the Victoria Police Department, including serving on the Victim Service Mobile Crisis Response Unit. She has worked in the field of youth forensics and has a background in social work and Child and Youth Mental Health. Through these positions, she built a strong foundation of compassion and support that guides her counselling practice today.
Donna’s clinical experience includes working with anxiety, trauma, PTSD, OCD, life transitions and grief. She brings advanced training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety (CBT-A), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Trauma (CBT-T), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI), Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) and several modalities specific to Early Childhood. Her counselling style is client-centred and focuses on helping individuals of all ages move toward healing and resilience.
As a former Child & Youth Mental Health Clinician and having the opportunity to work on a multi-disciplinary team, including nursing, and psychiatry, Donna has extensive experience working with children and youth from toddler through adolescence, particularly in community-based mental health systems. She is passionate about creating accessible, high-quality care for clients in every stage of life.
In her role as the Founder of State of Mind Counselling and as the Clinic Director, Donna brings her experience, leadership and a strong commitment to providing a supportive, ethical and inclusive therapeutic environment.
Fun fact: Donna believes that animal-assisted therapy can be an incredible resource when it comes to mental health. She brings in her therapy dog and two cats for clients to interact with, if they choose, to provide a calmer experience where nervous clients may feel more open and relaxed.
Donna is known for her quirky sense of humour and down to earth presentation.
- Often treats
- AbuseAddictionADHDAdjustment disorderAdoptionAgingAngerAnger ManagementAntisocial Personality disorder
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AnxietyBehavioral IssuesBipolar DisorderBody ImageBorderline Personality Disorder (BPD)BullyingChronic Pain or IllnessCodependencyCommunicationCompulsive gamblingConduct Disorder (CD)Conversion disorderDeliriumDepressionDissociative DisordersDivorceDomestic Abuse or ViolenceDrug AbuseDual DiagnosisEating disordersElderly Persons DisordersEmotion RegulationEmotional AbuseExcoriation disorderFamily planningFears / PhobiasGambling AddictionGeriatric CounsellingGrief, loss, bereavementHistrionic personality disorderImpulse Control DisordersInfertility or AdoptionInfidelityInsomniaLearning DisabilitiesLonelinessMedical DetoxMen's IssuesMental DisordersMood disordersMunchausen syndrome by proxyNarcissistic Personality DisorderObesityObsessive- Compulsive (OCD)Oppositional Defiance (ODD)Panic disorderParanoid personality disorderParentingPersistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)Personality DisordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)Pregnancy, Prenatal, PostpartumPsychosisQuiet Borderline Personality DisorderRacial IdentityRejection Sensitive DysphoriaRelationship IssuesSeasonal Affective DisorderSelf EsteemSelf-harming or suicidal behaviorSex, sexuality, intimacySexual AbuseSexual AddictionSleep DisorderSocial Anxiety DisorderSocial IsolationSomatic symptom disorderSpiritualityStressSuicidal ThoughtsSuicideThinking DisordersTraumaWeight LossWomen's IssuesWorkplace stress - Sees
- Adults (18+) · Children (under 12) · Couples · Families · LGBTQ2+ · Pediatrics · Seniors (65+) · Teens (13-17)
- Trained at
- Bachelor of Psychology · Bachelor of Social Work · Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
- Credentials
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (M.ACP.)
- Member of
- British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors
Adolescent Individual Counselling
Please note that Donna's caseload is full and this booking option is only available for current active clients
2 optionsAdult Individual Counselling
Please note that Donna's caseload is full and this booking option is only available for current active clients.
4 optionsChild Individual Counselling
Please note that Donna's caseload is full and this booking option is only available for current active clients.
Couples Counselling
Please note that Donna's caseload is full and this booking option is only available for current active clients.
4 optionsERP ConsultationNew patient
Early Childhood Counselling (birth to 6 years)
Please note that Donna's caseload is full and this booking option is only available for current active clients.
Early Childhood Counselling
Parent attends the session with their child
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
Please note that Donna's caseload is full and this booking option is only available for current active clients.
3 optionsOCD Exposure Response Prevention
2 optionsCVAP Session
Fully covered through Crime Victim Assistance Program
2 optionsClinical ConsultationNew patient
EMDR ConsultationNew patient
ICBC Session
Fully covered through the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
2 optionsRatings
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23 Sept 2 openings
2 openings on 23 Sept · 18 in the days ahead
2 openings on 23 Sept · 18 in the days ahead
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Donna says they bill:
Extended health plans