About Donna
Donna Lemaitre is a counsellor with eight years of practice and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works online with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief and changes in life. Donna aims to offer a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk at their own pace.
She follows a person-centred approach that treats the client as the expert in their own life.
Background and approach
That means listening, reflecting and helping people notice patterns in their thoughts and choices. She also uses practical tools from cognitive behavioural approaches and draws on attachment-based thinking when relationships and connection are the focus. Donna has volunteered in mental health and bereavement settings, including support work at a hospice.
Those roles involved helping people cope with depression, trauma, anxiety, loss and other difficult life events. That background informs how she responds to people facing similar struggles now. Her work often addresses issues such as self-esteem, communication problems, codependency, caregiving stress, and intimacy-related concerns.
She also supports people with eating and sleeping difficulties, addiction-related worries, anger and career transitions. Donna pays particular attention to attachment, abandonment and the emotional patterns that repeat in relationships. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
She uses a mix of listening, reflection and structured techniques to help people build insight, make changes and find clearer next steps.
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Donna uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck and to clarify what matters most to them. ACT can be useful when someone wants to reduce avoidance and move toward meaningful goals.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current behaviour and emotions. That approach helps when trust, abandonment fears or repeating relationship patterns are causing pain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Donna will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs and preferences rather than sticking to one method. This keeps sessions practical and tailored as priorities change.
Online therapy with Donna is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions work better when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer not to use a camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and busy days, and they allow people to continue work even if they travel or move location.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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