- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Donna
Donna Mcallister is a counsellor with a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has three years of professional experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or depression. Donna aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about difficult feelings and make small, manageable changes.
Donna bases sessions around practical, goal-focused conversations. She listens closely to what matters to each person and helps them spot patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and paced to suit individual needs so people can build coping skills over time. Many clients come to explore relationship worries, self‑esteem and parenting challenges. Donna also supports those facing grief, trauma, burnout, issues around intimacy, and life transitions.
She helps people consider options for change and practice different ways of responding to stress. Her approach draws on well-known methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client-centred work. Donna uses these approaches to help people notice thoughts and feelings, try new behaviours, and focus on what matters to them.
She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. Sessions can be booked after completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the Start Therapy button. Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- 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)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches you can try online
Donna uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to focus on values and small actions that matter. This approach is often helpful for stress, anxiety and for people wanting clearer direction in life.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and to practise new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT is practical and usually involves exercises between sessions to build skills for managing mood and worry.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Donna will discuss different methods and agree together which fits your goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where adjustments can be made as you learn what helps.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video calls let you use face‑to‑face conversation, phone sessions can suit times with lower bandwidth, live chat offers shorter check‑ins and messaging lets you write when it suits you. These options make it easier to fit counselling around family, work and travel.
Questions people ask about Donna
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
Donna works with people facing stress, anxiety and depression and supports concerns such as relationship strain, self‑esteem, parenting, grief and trauma.
What is Donna's therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm and practical with a focus on listening closely and helping clients try small, manageable changes that fit their lives.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has three years of professional counselling experience and uses that time to offer straightforward support for common life challenges.
Where is Donna based and what credential does she hold?
Donna practises from the United Kingdom and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) and BACP registration.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text‑based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Donna?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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