MANSFIELD, Mo. (February 12, 2025) – Missouri Ozarks Community Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Robert Doneski, a psychologist, to our behavioral health team in Mansfield. Dr. Doneski is the first psychologist to join Missouri Ozarks Community Health. “We are excited to have an additional level of behavioral health care at Missouri Ozarks,” said Jennifer Heinlein, chief operations officer at Missouri Ozarks Community Health. “Dr. Doneski will be a perfect fit for our patients and a great referral source for our current providers.”
Dr. Doneski earned his doctorate degree in 2005 from the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. He has more than 20 years of experience working in community mental health, inpatient treatment programs, private practice, and the public school system. “As a licensed psychologist, I am looking forward to providing a wide range of psychological services to the individuals and families that I work with at Missouri Ozarks Community Health,” said Dr. Doneski.
Dr. Doneski will join David Evans, a licensed professional counselor, at the Mansfield clinic. “Working with Dr. Doneski and seeing unconditional positive regard at work in his professional interpersonal therapy has been uplifting and very notable,” said Evans. “His experience with our behavioral health team will be very valuable and lead to the best patient care possible.” The hiring of Dr. Doneski is just one part of a large behavioral health expansion happening at Missouri Ozarks Community Health. “We are very excited about the addition of Dr. Doneski to our behavioral health team,” said Hannah Paul, a licensed clinical social worker at the Missouri Ozarks clinic in Ava. “His experiences and expertise will greatly benefit our team and the clients he will serve.” Efforts are underway to recruit staff for other clinics and for the substance use disorder treatment program.
Dr. Doneski will provide care for patients at the Mansfield clinic Tuesday-Friday, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. To make an appointment with him, please call 417-924-8809. The clinic in Mansfield is at 804 N. Highway 5.
Missouri Ozarks Community Health is a federally qualified health center established in 1996. Missouri Ozarks serves the counties of Douglas, Wright, Texas and Ozark. Various services are offered at clinics, including primary medical care, dental care, behavioral health care, prenatal care and pediatric care.
For more information about Missouri Ozarks Community Health or its behavioral health services, please contact Lacy Monteleone at lmonteleone@mo-ozarks.org or call (417) 683-5739, ext. 1422.
