Counsellor profile
Bridget Donkin, BACP
BACP counsellor - relationships and family concerns
Continue with BridgetAbout
- Person-Centred Therapy
- Emotion-Focused tools
- Mindfulness practice
About Bridget
Bridget Donkin is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with ten years' experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family concerns and parenting pressures. Bridget also supports people facing grief, depression, addictions, trauma and identity questions including LGBT issues.
She takes a person-centred approach that keeps the client at the heart of each session. That means conversations are guided by what matters to the client, with attention to emotions and personal values. She also draws on emotionally-focused and existential ideas when exploring attachment, meaning and close relationships.
Bridget uses mindfulness and narrative techniques to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of relating to thoughts and feelings. Sessions often include practical steps for coping with sleep problems, anger, or workplace stress. She can also work through issues linked to adoption, abandonment, caregiving stress and chronic illness.
Her background includes work with a wide age range and with concerns such as eating and body image, bipolar mood patterns, ADHD, and intimacy-related difficulties. Bridget aims to help clients clarify what they want from their relationships and from parenting tasks, and to find manageable ways to move forward.
If someone wants to begin, she asks them to use the site matching process to book a first session. The initial meeting is used to set priorities, agree on how to work together, and plan next steps.
How sessions work
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what the client says, so sessions help people feel understood while they sort out priorities and choices. This approach supports work on relationships, parenting stress and self-esteem by keeping the conversation centred on what the client wants to change.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) pays attention to attachment and emotional patterns in close relationships. It helps people identify how they respond to hurt or disconnection and practise new ways of connecting or setting boundaries. EFT can be useful for relationship stress and intimacy-related concerns.
Existential Therapy looks at meaning, responsibility and life choices when someone faces big changes or grief. It helps people consider their values and how they want to move forward when life feels uncertain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to use based on presenting issues, goals and personal preferences. This is reviewed over the first few sessions and adjusted as needed.
Session practicalities should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list formats. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy home or work day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Confirm the specific session options offered and how they fit your schedule when you arrange the first appointment.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family worries, parenting challenges, grief, depression and related issues listed on her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centred, focusing on what matters to the client, with elements of emotionally-focused and existential work to address attachment and meaning.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years' experience working with adults on a range of issues including mood, trauma, addictions and relationship concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can she work with clients who live outside the UK?
She accepts international clients and offers sessions in English.
Which session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current online and in-person options before booking.
How are fees structured?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.