About Donna
Donna Mcallister is a counsellor with a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) and three years of professional experience. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or major life changes. Donna aims to create a trusting, respectful space where clients can speak openly and begin to make changes.
She is based in the United Kingdom and communicates in English. Her approach blends practical, evidence-based methods with a person-centred attitude.
Background and approach
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and still move toward things that matter. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to identify patterns that keep problems going and to try new ways of responding. Attachment-based ideas inform how relationships influence feelings and coping.
Donna often helps people dealing with relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges around identity including LGBT concerns. She also supports people facing addiction, career stress, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, and neurodiversity-related issues such as autism and ADHD. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, body image, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue.
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions operate through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and costs vary by location and availability. International clients may be accepted; confirm formats and scheduling when booking.
To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling is then arranged according to therapist availability and individual needs.
What Donna works with
Everything Donna lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Donna is listed here; the rest shows what else Donna works 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.
How Donna's approaches can work online
Donna uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then to take actions that match their values. This can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Donna also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and behaviours and to try simple experiments that change daily routines and mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Donna will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit best for a person's goals and circumstances, and she adapts what she offers as sessions progress. Clients and counsellor review what helps and change course when needed.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions around work or family commitments and reducing travel time. Online sessions can make it easier to have shorter check-ins or longer therapy blocks, depending on what a client needs. Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options and scheduling when you start the matching questionnaire.
Questions people ask about Donna
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
Donna works with stress, anxiety and depression as well as relationship strain, grief and trauma. She also supports people with addictions, identity concerns including LGBT issues, and challenges like sleep or eating difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She blends person-centred listening with practical therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Sessions focus on noticing thoughts, trying manageable changes and building what matters to the client.
What is her professional background?
Donna holds a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) and has three years of professional experience supporting people with a range of concerns.
Where is she based and how is she accredited?
She is based in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this counsellor?
International clients may be accepted. Confirm session options and scheduling when you begin the matching process.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, so fees depend on the chosen plan.
What are the first steps to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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