Donna Lemaitre, BACP

8 years in practice

Donna Lemaitre is a counsellor who brings eight years of practice to online work.

License and registration

BACP: 297249 · expires October 2026
Years in practice: 8
Languages: English

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About Donna

Donna Lemaitre is a counsellor who brings eight years of practice to online work. She is a BACP member and has extensive experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief and major life changes. Donna offers a calm, warm space where clients can talk at their own pace and make sense of difficult feelings.

She began work volunteering in mental health and bereavement services, which shaped her understanding of loss and long-term distress.

Background and approach

That experience included supporting people with depression, PTSD, anxiety and complicated grief. Donna also worked at a hospice for three years, helping people through bereavement and the practical impact of loss. Donna’s style is person-centred.

She treats each person as the expert in their life and follows their pace. She aims to help clients build confidence, increase self-awareness and find workable next steps. Sessions are shaped around what matters most to the individual.

In practice she draws on several approaches to suit different needs. These include Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Donna also uses attachment-focused ideas and client-centred techniques to tailor support for issues such as abandonment, codependency and communication problems.

She has completed a certificate in online and telephone counselling and keeps learning through CPD courses on trauma, bereavement, anxiety and self-esteem. If someone wants to explore therapy, Donna suggests a short conversation first to see if their goals and her way of working fit.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Donna names

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Online support

How emotion-focused and acceptance-based work translate online

Donna often draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people recognise and respond to strong feelings, guiding them to name emotions and use that understanding to change unhelpful patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to help people notice their thoughts, clarify values and take small steps towards meaningful goals. Attachment-Based Therapy ideas help when patterns of closeness and distance cause repeated pain, by looking at how early relationships shape current reactions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Donna treats this as a collaborative process, discussing goals and preferences and adjusting methods as trust grows. Together they decide which techniques feel useful and which to pause, so therapy matches real needs rather than a fixed formula.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls support face-to-face style conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and messaging lets people reflect in writing between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and geography while keeping the focus on progress and accessibility.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Donna help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and grief, and helps with relationship strains, parenting stress and career worries.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Donna uses a person-centred way of working that focuses on the client’s priorities and pace, combined with emotion-focused and cognitive tools when helpful.

What is her professional background?

She has eight years of counselling experience and has volunteered in mental health and hospice bereavement services.

What credentials and location apply?

Donna is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international options are offered?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

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