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- Person centred approach
- CBT and ACT
- Trauma aware practice
About Donna
Donna Lemaitre is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with eight years' experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and a range of emotional and behavioural concerns.
Donna uses a person-centred approach that treats the client as the expert in their own life. She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based ideas and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide sessions. She also describes her practice as trauma aware and culturally informed.
Sessions focus on helping people make sense of difficult experiences and build practical skills for everyday life. Donna helps people explore thoughts and feelings, increase self-awareness and develop strategies to manage mood, sleep, eating and addictive behaviours. She also supports work on relationship and intimacy issues, family stresses and career-related concerns.
Her background includes volunteer counselling with a mental health charity and three years providing bereavement support at a hospice. That work involved supporting people through grief, PTSD, low self-esteem and other common mental health challenges.
Donna has completed a certificate in online and telephone counselling and continues professional development in trauma, bereavement and self-acceptance. She is undertaking further training in psychotherapeutic and integrative counselling to broaden the ways she can help people move forward.
If someone is thinking about starting counselling, Donna invites them to discuss what has brought them and whether her way of working fits their needs. Practical next steps include using the site matching process and scheduling a first session.
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How her approaches work in online sessions
Donna commonly combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her work. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take committed action despite difficult thoughts. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and developing practical techniques to change moods and behaviours. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to look at patterns in relationships and how early connections affect current responses. That approach can help when intimacy, abandonment or communication problems are causing repeated conflict or distress. Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit the client’s needs. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as the work progresses. Confirm the session formats available before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people continue therapy while living in a different country, provided the therapist and client agree on arrangements.Sheet 3
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, addictions and many related concerns listed on her profile.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her core style is person-centred, with techniques from CBT, ACT, attachment-based work and Emotionally-Focused Therapy used as needed.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of counselling experience, including volunteer roles supporting people with bereavement and a range of mental health difficulties.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients according to the profile information provided.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the site.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.