Counsellor profile
Donna Lemaitre, BACP
Counsellor - relationships and anxiety
See online counselling options- Person centred
- CBT techniques
- Attachment focus
About Donna
Counsellor Donna Lemaitre is a BACP member with eight years' experience working with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and addictions. She is based in the United Kingdom and offers counselling in English, including to international clients. Donna combines person-centred practice with other therapeutic ideas to help people make sense of difficult feelings and situations.
Donna keeps an integrative approach. She primarily uses client-centred methods that treat the person as the expert in their life. She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-based thinking to help people address specific patterns of thought and connection.
Her background includes voluntary work with a mental health charity and three years supporting bereavement at a hospice. Those roles involved helping people with depression, anxiety, PTSD symptoms, low self-esteem and the practical impacts of loss. Donna has completed continuous professional development courses on trauma, grief and self-acceptance.
In sessions she focuses on practical steps and increased self-understanding. Conversations aim to clarify what matters to the client and to develop ways of coping that fit everyday life. She supports work on communication, boundaries, coping skills and emotion regulation.
Donna has a certificate in online and telephone counselling and is pursuing further advanced training in psychotherapeutic and integrative counselling. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How Donna uses ACT, CBT and attachment ideas online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that reflect their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and life changes where someone wants clearer direction.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It tends to be practical and problem-focused, useful for anxiety, sleep problems and low mood where patterns of thinking keep difficulty going.
Attachment-based approaches look at how early relationships shape current patterns with others. They can help with intimacy issues, communication problems and difficulties around trust and abandonment.
Donna treats finding the right approach as a shared task. She will discuss how these methods might fit a person’s needs and adjust the work as goals and preferences emerge. The selection of techniques happens collaboratively rather than fixed in advance.
If you want online sessions, please check the current options before booking. Her profile notes a certificate in online and telephone counselling, but exact session formats should be confirmed. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy day, avoid travel, use shorter check-ins or choose audio-only contact when that suits practical needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, addictions and related concerns listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is mainly client-centred, treating the person as expert in their life while using CBT and attachment ideas when relevant.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years' experience, including voluntary roles with a mental health charity and three years supporting bereavement at a hospice.
Which professional body is she a member of and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Her biography notes a certificate in online and telephone counselling. Please confirm current session formats before booking.
How does charging work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Click the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.