- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Eating disorders
About Bear
Bear Donna is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom with an NCPS credential and three years of professional experience. He focuses on practical support for people facing anxiety, depression, parenting stress, trauma, addiction and a wide range of relationship and identity concerns. He aims to create a calm space where people can speak honestly about what is worrying them.
Clients meet a straightforward, conversational style. Sessions are plainspoken and focused on what matters now.
Background and approach
Bear uses a mix of approaches and pulls from different models to match each person's needs rather than following a single method. He pays attention to neurodiversity and LGBT concerns alongside eating issues, sleep problems, anger and low self-esteem. He also supports people managing career strain, grief, compassion fatigue and life transitions.
Parenting is one of the practical areas he helps with, using tools to reduce stress and improve daily routines. Bear describes his work as collaborative. He listens first, then suggests small steps and tools to try between sessions.
Those steps are meant to build confidence and make day-to-day life feel more manageable. His approach suits people who want clear, down-to-earth guidance without jargon. Sessions can include reflective conversation, practical coaching and problem-solving to address immediate pressures and longer term goals.
What Bear works with
Everything Bear lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Bear helps people with.
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- 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 problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- 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
- 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
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches and online access for parenting and wellbeing
Bear draws from integrative methods and Transactional Analysis to offer straightforward, evidence-based techniques. Integrative work means combining practical strategies from different models to suit the problem at hand, such as managing sleep, stress or parenting routines. Transactional Analysis looks at how people communicate and the roles they take in relationships, which can help with patterns of conflict, low self-esteem and intimacy issues.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The counsellor will talk through goals and try techniques together to see what fits. Over time the plan is adjusted based on what helps most for day-to-day life and longer term change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video lets people work face to face from wherever they are, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a shorter check-in and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school runs and busy family routines.
Questions people ask about Bear
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
He works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, eating issues, addictions, grief and stress related to parenting and work.
What is the counselling style like?
Sessions are plainspoken and collaborative. He listens first, then offers practical steps and tools to try between sessions.
How much experience does the counsellor have?
He has three years of professional experience in the UK working with a variety of emotional and behavioural concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
The counsellor holds an NCPS credential and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. He is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging depending on what suits the person.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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