- Years in practice
- 8
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Donna
Donna Lemaitre is a counsellor with eight years' experience and BACP registration. She works online and by phone, offering a calm and empathetic space for people to talk about difficult feelings. Donna draws on her own experience of therapy to shape a compassionate, down-to-earth approach.
She welcomes conversations about parenting concerns and everyday stresses. Donna’s background includes volunteer roles supporting people with bereavement and mental health challenges. That work involved helping people facing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and stress.
Background and approach
She has also completed continuing professional development in trauma, abuse, bereavement and self-esteem. Her style is person-centred. She treats the person, not just the problem.
Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client and building practical ways to move forward. She encourages reflection and steady change rather than quick fixes. Donna blends approaches to match each client’s needs.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Attachment-based ideas and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside client-centred work. This lets her offer both emotion-focused listening and clear, skills-based steps when needed. People contact Donna for many concerns including anxiety, relationship tension, grief, self-esteem, addictions, parenting challenges, anger and life transitions.
She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. If someone wants to begin, they complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange a session to see if it feels right.
What Donna works with
Everything Donna lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Donna helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Donna lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Donna’s approaches translate to online therapy
Donna draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-based ideas along with client-centred listening. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can be useful for anxiety, parenting stress and life transitions. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand and change how they connect with others, useful for intimacy and communication issues. Client-centred counselling focuses on empathic listening and supporting the person’s own pace of change.Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. Donna will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt techniques over time. Clients are invited to feed back on what helps so the way of working can shift as progress grows.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and suit short check-ins or hands-free conversations. Live chat and text messaging suit brief reflections, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing helps to organise thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
Questions people ask about Donna
What issues does Donna help with?
Donna works with a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, self-esteem, addictions, parenting stress and relationship matters.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centred with an emphasis on listening and understanding. She also uses practical techniques from other approaches when useful.
What experience does she bring?
She has eight years' experience, including volunteer roles supporting bereavement and mental health, plus ongoing professional development in trauma and related areas.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises from the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what is the cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
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