Dr. Heather Dona is a psychotherapist intern under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth Wagner and Dr. Daryl Holloway. She is currently acquiring her master’s degree in mental health counseling from the University of Wisconsin at Superior. She received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire and a Doctor of Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Iowa. She has worked in the healthcare field for over 20 years. She spent 13 years in Bolivia, South America providing volunteer work in the healthcare field in diverse environments.
Dr. Dona has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults and has a heart to help
people that find themselves in difficult life transitions including family changes and menopause.
She also has a passion for working with people living with the effects of chronic pain and chronic
illness. Dr. Dona takes a compassionate and collaborative approach that integrates family
systems and cognitive models and is solution focused. Her desire is to equip each of her
clients to live their best life.
As appropriate, Dr. Dona integrates the following evidence-based treatments:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Comprehensive Behavioral Interventions for Tics (CBIT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
- Child directed play therapy
Dr. Dona specializes in treating the following:
- Anxiety
- OCD
- Depression
- Trauma
- Anger
- Adjustment issues
- Academic issues
- Tics
- Behavior issues
- Parent Child relational issues
- Grief and Loss
Ages Dr. Dona treats:
- Children (6yo- 12yo)
- Teens (13yo-18yo)
- Young adults (18yo – 24yo)
- Adults (25yo+)