Counsellor profile
Donna Mcallister, BACP
BACP counsellor - stress and parenting support
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- ACT and CBT elements
- Attachment-focused work
- Practical coping skills
About Donna
Donna Mcallister is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety and depression, and with people coping with life changes and parenting concerns.
Donna uses a practical approach in sessions. She listens and helps people talk through what is happening. She focuses on everyday pressures such as burnout, sleep and eating issues, relationship strain, and the demands of caring for others.
Her work covers a wide range of issues including grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related worries, addictions and compassion fatigue. Donna also supports people with attachment concerns, ADHD, body image and career distress. She includes additional areas such as adoption and foster care, blended family questions and the impact of chronic illness.
Sessions are client-centred and draw on several methods to suit different problems. Donna integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas when these fit a person's needs. She also uses aspects of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and emotion-focused work where helpful.
Her style is straightforward and conversational. People can expect clear, practical steps alongside space to talk about difficult feelings. To begin, clients use the site matching process and then arrange an initial session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and feeling stuck when life changes feel overwhelming.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing patterns of thinking and behaviour that maintain distress. It is often used for anxiety, sleep and eating difficulties and for building practical coping skills.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting and reacting. It can help with intimacy-related worries, attachment issues and problems that repeat in adult relationships.
Deciding which approach to use is part of the process. The counsellor will work collaboratively with the client to choose methods that fit their goals, needs and preferences. Sessions can combine different techniques over time so the work evolves with progress.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed and reduce travel. Registered or accredited professionals can help arrange a pattern of sessions that suits a person's schedule and practical circumstances.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and related issues such as burnout, grief, relationship strain and parenting concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centred and conversational, using practical steps and exercises alongside open discussion of feelings.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional counselling experience in the United Kingdom.
What are her qualifications and where is she based?
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (Hons) and is registered with the BACP in the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients, so people outside the UK can use the service.
How are sessions organised and what formats are available?
Please confirm the current session options before booking by using the online matching process; the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To start, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
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.