About Donna
Donna Hendricks is a counsellor with 12 years' experience supporting adults in voluntary, personal and NHS settings. She holds a degree in Counselling and a Masters in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, and is registered with the BACP and NCPS. Donna focuses on helping people who are feeling stressed or anxious and those facing trauma, grief, low self esteem or major life changes.
Her work begins by listening. She assumes clients know their own experience best and asks questions to understand what has happened to them.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to create a steady, respectful space where people feel heard and treated with dignity. Donna draws on person-centred ideas alongside cognitive and behavioural methods. That mix helps people spot unhelpful thoughts, practise different responses, and build practical coping skills.
She also uses techniques from acceptance-based and solution-focused approaches to help clients move towards what matters to them. Across her practice she supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting pressures, body image and eating concerns, work stress, mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar, and attention challenges such as ADHD.
She also helps with the fallout from abuse, domestic violence, attachment or abandonment issues, and caregiver stress. Sessions are straightforward and collaborative. Donna will work at a pace set by the client, offering clear tools and gentle reflection to help people find greater clarity and hope.
She aims for simple, achievable steps that fit into everyday life.
Approaches that suit online therapy and everyday life
Donna blends Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred approaches to make online work practical and human. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practise different behaviours; it is often used for anxiety, panic and depression. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship; it helps people feel understood and able to make changes at their own pace.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Donna will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest ways of working together. That choice is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy unfolds to make sure it fits the person's needs.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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