About Donna
Donna Rippelmeyer is a licensed clinical social worker in Nevada with 35 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, LGBT concerns, and trauma and abuse. Donna emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can speak honestly and feel heard.
She helps individuals by listening first and then working together to set small, practical goals. Sessions are straightforward and use clear techniques to manage worry, panic, intrusive thoughts, and relationship or sexuality concerns.
Background and approach
Donna also addresses sexual issues and related challenges with direct, respectful conversation. Her approach blends client-centered principles with cognitive behavioral tools. That means she follows each person’s lead while offering exercises that change unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms.
Clients learn simple strategies they can try between sessions and discuss what works for them. Donna’s long career includes supporting people through trauma recovery and problems tied to mood and obsessive thoughts. She also brings experience with aging and geriatric issues, gender dysphoria, infidelity, and non-monogamous relationship questions.
She speaks English and practices in Nevada as NV LCSW 5455-C. Starting therapy with Donna involves an open conversation about immediate needs and goals. She aims to create a steady, practical plan so people leave sessions with something useful to try before the next meeting.
How Donna’s Approaches Work Online
Donna uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s lead, offering a listening space where thoughts and feelings are accepted without judgment. This approach helps when someone needs to talk through identity, relationship, or trauma-related concerns and wants a therapist who responds to their pacing and priorities.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to reduce symptoms. CBT can be useful for anxiety, panic, obsessive thinking, mood problems, and many sexual or relationship difficulties because it provides clear steps to practice between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Donna will discuss options with each person and adjust strategies based on goals and what feels most helpful. The plan can change as progress is made or new challenges arise.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different ways of connecting as needs change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Nevada
- Languages
- English