Donna Lemaitre

Donna Lemaitre is a counsellor with eight years' experience and a BACP registration. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what matters to them. She aims to help clients build confidence, understand their feelings and find practical ways forward.

Her background includes volunteering as a counsellor for a mental health charity and three years supporting people with bereavement at a hospice. Those roles gave hands-on experience with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and related life challenges.

Donna describes her base approach as person-centred, which means she listens and follows the client’s priorities. She also uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when these methods fit the person’s goals.

She pays attention to trauma and cultural context and adapts her work to each person’s needs. Sessions typically focus on understanding patterns, building self-awareness and practising small, achievable changes.

People often come for help with stress, relationship difficulties, grief, self-esteem and coping with life changes. Donna also supports those dealing with addiction, parenting strain, work pressure and compassion fatigue. Her additional interests include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency and communication problems.

Therapeutic approaches and online working

Donna uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and learn to act in line with their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress and making changes when life feels stuck.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. This approach can support people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right method is a shared process. Donna will listen to a person’s needs and try different approaches together to see what feels most helpful. She aims to agree practical steps and small experiments that fit each client’s goals.

The biography refers to online and telephone counselling training but does not specify all session formats. Please confirm the available session types before booking. Online working can make sessions easier to fit around work and caregiving, reduce travel time and allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed.