Donna Lemaitre

Donna Lemaitre is a counsellor with eight years' experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works in private practice and offers counselling informed by a broad clinical background. Donna aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space where people can speak at their own pace.

Her style is person-centred, which means she treats each person as the expert on their own life. She listens to build understanding and helps people find their own solutions. Donna also draws on a mix of approaches to meet different needs rather than using a single method.

Donna has worked previously as a volunteer counsellor for a mental health charity and as a bereavement support volunteer at a hospice. Those roles gave her experience supporting people with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and other life challenges. She understands grief can be caused by many kinds of loss beyond bereavement.

She uses a range of therapeutic ideas in practice, including cognitive behavioural techniques, emotion-focused work and attachment-informed thinking. Sessions focus on helping people build self-awareness, manage difficult feelings and develop more confident ways of coping. Donna is also trauma informed and pays attention to cultural context when tailoring support.

If someone is unsure whether counselling is right for them, Donna invites an initial conversation to talk about what’s bringing them and whether working together feels suitable. She describes beginning therapy as a courageous step and aims to support people through that first stage.

Approaches that guide online counselling

Donna commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy in her practice. ACT focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and supports taking action that matches personal values. It can help with anxiety, stress and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current feelings and reactions; it can be useful for relationship difficulties, abandonment worries and intimacy issues.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Donna works with each person to identify what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as understanding grows and goals change. She aims to involve the client in decisions about techniques and pacing rather than imposing a single route.

The profile does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm available formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around daily life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a busy day, or making it simpler to join sessions from different locations. Many people find that having therapy this way helps them keep a regular schedule and apply what they discuss between sessions.