A woman with long, curly blonde hair smiling at the camera, wearing a purple jacket against a dark green background.

Donna Kanipe, MACC, LMFT, LCMHCS

Meet Donna

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor & Supervisor

Donna is a compassionate, highly experienced therapist who helps individuals, couples, and families heal, reconnect, and thrive. She graduated summa cum laude with a Master’s in Christian Counseling from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and has been walking alongside clients for many years through some of life’s most difficult seasons.

Donna works with pre-marital and conflicted couples, survivors of abuse, individuals navigating anxiety, panic, trauma, depression, grief, or major life changes, as well as couples facing the challenges of illness, betrayal, or divorce.

She specializes in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)—a powerful approach that helps couples and families move from conflict and disconnection to trust, understanding, and emotional closeness. She is also trained in Level I and II Gottman Method, integrating evidence-based tools to strengthen communication and rebuild relationships.

Donna also uses EFT to support trauma survivors and those healing from divorce or relational loss. She deeply believes in her clients’ capacity for resilience and new beginnings and focuses on uncovering each person’s inner strengths.

Passionate about empowering women who feel unseen or diminished, Donna helps them rediscover their voice and sense of identity. Her heart is to nurture strong emotional bonds—within marriages, families, and within oneself.

Outside the therapy room, Donna cherishes life with her husband—her best friend of 30 years—and their two teenage children.

Specialties & Areas of Focus

  • Marriage restoration

  • Affair recovery

  • Rebuilding marital closeness & emotional safety

  • Pre-marital

  • Separation

  • Divorce care

  • Parenting

  • Conflict

  • Trauma

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Grief

  • Life adjustment after major medical issues

  • Rebuilding marriage in the empty nest

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

Ages Served

Adults 21+

Insurance Accepted

BCBS, Aetna

Please note that our practice does not accept Medicaid or Medicare.

Schedule an appointment with Donna