Donna Altepeter

Donna Altepeter is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, sleep problems, grief, anxiety, and depression. She writes plainly and listens closely, aiming to make the first steps feel doable. Donna emphasizes practical coping skills and straightforward conversation so parents and busy adults can find relief that fits their days.

Donna earned a Master of Social Work from Saint Louis University in 1983 and has practiced for many years in settings that include serious illness, bereavement, and life transitions. She brings 12 years documented experience in the summary facts and several additional decades of clinical work and teaching described in her background. Her work often connects concerns like mood, caregiver stress, and relationship strain with concrete strategies someone can try between sessions.

Her approach centers on the person in front of her. That means she uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to each client and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing also appear in her practice to help people notice patterns and choose next steps they can live with.

Donna describes therapy as a collaborative process of learning. She draws on long experience teaching social work at the University of Wisconsin and says she learns from the people she meets. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical tools, and steady support while working through sleep, parenting, career, or life-change concerns.

Donna practices in Wisconsin and offers services in English. She encourages prospective clients to begin with the matching questionnaire to find whether her style fits their needs.

How Donna’s approaches translate to online therapy