Donna Lemaitre, BACP

Donna Lemaitre is a BACP-registered counsellor with eight years' practice in the United Kingdom. She works with adults on a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues that arise around family life. Sessions focus on helping people make sense of their experiences and build more confidence in daily life.

Her background includes volunteer counselling roles with a mental health charity and three years supporting bereavement at a hospice. Those roles exposed her to depression, PTSD, low self-esteem, loss and other complex emotional responses. She has also completed a certificate in online and telephone counselling and continues professional development in areas such as trauma and bereavement.

Donna uses a person-centred approach that treats the client as the expert in their life. She combines this with techniques drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy and attachment-based ideas when they suit the issue being addressed. The result is a straightforward focus on understanding patterns of thought and feeling, and on practical steps to change them.

In sessions she pays attention to how past relationships and attachment experiences affect current choices and close relationships. That can include work around blended family issues, communication problems, codependency and commitment concerns. The emphasis is on clear, manageable goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

People who prefer conversational, reflective work tend to find her style helpful. She encourages people to notice small changes and build confidence over time. To begin, clients follow the site's matching process and schedule an initial appointment.