Donna Youngdahl

Donna Youngdahl works from the understanding that who we are is inseparable from where we come from — the family patterns, relational histories, and cultural forces that quietly shape us long before we think to question them. As a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she brings that systems lens to her work with individuals, couples, and families, including children, teenagers, and older adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, abuse, and the friction of daily life at work and at home.

Her therapeutic approach is integrative, drawing on mindfulness-based and attachment-focused methods, EMDR, expressive arts, and family systems frameworks. She is also deeply interested in brain science — specifically how the nervous system responds to stress and trauma, and how new neural pathways can be cultivated through focused effort. For someone who scrolls through dozens of messages a day yet still ends the evening feeling unseen by anyone who really knows them, that neuroscience of connection offers both explanation and a concrete path forward.

Donna holds a Master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and offers online sessions. She views the therapeutic relationship as a meaningful space for exploring what matters — and for finding a way through suffering toward something more sustainable.