Donna Marchington, LCPC

Donna Marchington is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Montana with 24 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship challenges, and work through trauma, grief, and depression. Donna combines practical strategies with empathic support to help clients move toward more balanced, meaningful lives.

Known for creating an open, nonjudgmental space, she invites clients to explore their thoughts and feelings at a pace that feels right for them. Her approach emphasizes collaboration - she works with each person to identify goals, try new coping skills, and build resilience after loss or difficult life transitions.

Donna has particular experience addressing issues such as abandonment, codependency, family and blended-family conflicts, domestic violence, and first responder concerns. She also supports people coping with guilt, shame, communication problems, and the emotional aftermath of separation or divorce. As an LCPC - a licensed professional qualified to provide mental health counseling - she offers evidence-informed care grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when appropriate.

Taking the first step toward change can feel daunting, and Donna aims to make that step more manageable by offering steady guidance and practical tools tailored to each person’s needs.

Using Cognitive Behavioral Tools in Flexible Online Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and learn practical strategies to change reactions and behaviors. For issues like anxiety, depression, stress, and certain relationship struggles, CBT offers structured techniques such as cognitive restructuring and behavioral experiments to build more effective coping skills and reduce symptoms over time.

In online sessions, those same CBT techniques can be taught and practiced through conversation, guided exercises, and goal-setting adapted for remote formats. Donna supports clients in applying these skills to everyday situations, working collaboratively to tailor interventions to each person’s needs, values, and goals. Determining the right therapeutic approach is part of the journey - Donna and the client will explore what fits best and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility to fit counseling into busy lives and to connect when in-person visits are difficult. These options make it possible to maintain continuity of care, access regular support, and practice new skills between sessions with a licensed professional or therapist who understands the demands of each person’s situation.