Donna Gensler, LSCSW, LCSW
Compassionate, experienced social worker for strong emotions
Book with DonnaWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Donna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LSCSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, Arizona, Nevada
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Donna
Donna Gensler is a licensed social worker with two decades of clinical experience. She practices as an LSCSW and LCSW and brings long-term experience working in child welfare and related settings. Donna focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, grief, anger, addiction, mood issues, and family-related concerns.
Her background includes many years working with people facing social and economic challenges. That work shaped how she helps clients manage strong emotions and cope with life changes.
Background and approach
She draws on straightforward strategies to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Donna blends several grounded methods to match each person’s needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current behavior.
She also relies on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and replace it with more helpful habits. Sessions are described in plain terms and focus on real-world changes. Clients make clear goals together with Donna, then practice skills between appointments.
She offers honest feedback and practical steps for parenting strain, relationship problems, impulsivity, and substance concerns. People who prefer a calm, respectful approach tend to do well with her. She works with adults on issues such as ADHD symptoms, panic, trauma reactions, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
Donna aims to help each person find realistic ways to feel more in control and able to move forward.
What Donna works with
Everything Donna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Donna's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Donna lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online care
Donna uses attachment-based ideas to help people see how early relationships affect current behavior and emotional responses. That approach can be helpful for people dealing with trust issues, attachment concerns, blended family stress, or patterns that repeat across relationships.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic, depression, anger management, and mood-related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Donna will work with each person to pick strategies that match their goals and daily life. Together they set targets, try methods in real situations, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for full conversations and skill work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to balance therapy with work, parenting, and travel.
Questions people ask about Donna
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, parenting strain, trauma, ADHD, and related concerns such as impulsivity and relationship problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She sets clear goals, gives straightforward feedback, and teaches skills to use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Donna has 20 years of experience and many years working in the child welfare system, where she learned to support people from varied cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
What credentials and location are listed?
Donna holds KS LSCSW and AZ LCSW credentials and is based in Kansas.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
You can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits your routine.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Donna?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.