- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and trauma
About Donna
Donna Mcallister is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with people who are struggling with stress, anxiety and depression, and helps those coping with major life changes and burnout.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches to help clients name and work with difficult emotions. Donna talks through feelings and relationship patterns in clear, everyday language rather than clinical terms. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small steps a person can try between meetings.
Donna also supports people with issues such as grief, trauma and addiction, and helps with self-esteem, intimacy-related concerns and career strain. She offers help around parenting pressures, sleep and eating difficulties, and neurodiversity-related topics like autism and ADHD.
Her practice covers more specialised concerns too, including attachment issues, abandonment, blended family questions, caregiving stress and body image. She will listen about confusing or distressing experiences and help a person break down what matters most to them right now.
Donna’s style is straightforward and client-centred. She asks practical questions, reflects back what she hears and works collaboratively to set simple goals. To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How Donna uses EFT, ACT and attachment work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and sit with strong feelings and see how those emotions shape relationships and behaviour. It is often used when people struggle to name emotions or when patterns keep repeating in close relationships.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and small actions. It helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and still take steps that matter to them. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns influence current ways of relating and responding to stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Donna will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and will suggest ways EFT, ACT or attachment ideas might be useful. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited and remove the need to travel. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to offer consistent weekly meetings and practical follow-up between sessions.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Donna works with stress, anxiety and depression and supports people dealing with burnout and life changes. She also helps with grief, trauma, self-esteem and intimacy-related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centred and cognitive approaches. Sessions are conversational and aim to help name feelings and change unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
Donna holds a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) and has three years of professional work experience. Her practice has focused on emotional and relationship concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.