Donna Kanipe, MACC, LMFT, LCMHCS

Donna is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor. She graduated summa cum laude with an MACC from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Donna’s experience includes counseling pre-marital couples, conflicted couples, couples facing cancer, abuse victims, divorce care, spouses grieving betrayals (affairs, etc.), anxiety, panic attacks, trauma, depression, grief, and adjustment after life-altering accidents/medical conditions.

Her specialty includes using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help couples and families move from a conflicted relationship to a more nurturing emotional bond. She is also trained in Level I and II Gottman Method.

She also incorporates EFT when working with trauma survivors (sexual, physical abuse, etc.) and divorce recovery. Donna believes clients are resilient and capable of new beginnings so she aims to draw out individual and couple strengths.

She is passionate about helping women who feel small rediscover their identity and fostering strong emotional bonds in families.

Donna married in 1994 and is raising two adolescent children with her best friend and husband of 30 years.

Areas of Experience

Marriage restoration, affair recovery, rebuilding marital closeness & emotional safety, pre-marital, separation, divorce care, parenting, conflict, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief.

General: Life adjustment after major medical issues and rebuilding marriage in the empty nest

Ages

Adults ages 21+

Additional Training

Completed Externship and Core Skills for Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy.

Trained in EFT for Trauma and Conflicted Couples.

Completed Levels 1 and 2 of Gottman-Method Couples Therapy

Prepare-Enrich Certified and Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts Certified for premarital counseling.

EMDR Level 1 and 2 trained