Faculty Profiles
Janene Donarski
Janene M. Donarski, PhD, LP, Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional and Evergreen Certified Dementia Care Specialist, is a fully licensed clinical psychologist specializing in neuropsychology. Dr. Donarski works in counseling therapy as well as psychological testing for mental health issues specializing in neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, adults and geriatric populations including head injury, organic issues, emotional and complex behavior disorders. Dr. Donarski works extensively with geriatic patients and dementia care involving complex symptoms such as anxiety, panic, and PTSD. Dr. Donarski has spoken on a variety of mental health issues, including somatic ailments, behavioral disorders and mental health concerns in the geriatric population. She trains others in techniques of relaxation, reduction of fear, and exposure therapies to reduce triggers and symptoms in daily life. She assists in testing within the academic areas including ADHD, learning disabilities and autism for IEPs and/or 504 plans/behavior plans. Dr. Donarski works with all populations in counseling/therapy, including individual, marital/couple, family, LGBTQ, and group counseling. She is a certified EMDR Level II counselor, as well as a certified hypnotherapist and practitioner for Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Time Line Therapy®. She often works with attorneys as a forensic psychologist/expert witness for legal cases involving custody, guardianship, social security benefits, and criminal cases. She is the published author of “Anxiety & Trauma Recovery Book: Using a Neuroscience-Informed Treatment Response to Healing”.
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