- Guilt and shame
- Person-centred work
- ACT and CBT
About Donna
Donna Lemaitre is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years' experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, addiction and issues around guilt and shame.
Donna uses a person-centred approach that treats the client as the expert in their own life. She listens to what matters to each person and helps them make sense of difficult feelings. Sessions focus on building insight, confidence and practical ways to move forward.
She also draws on a range of therapeutic methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). These are used alongside person-centred practice to address things like attachment concerns, abandonment, codependency and communication problems.
Her background includes volunteer counselling for a mental health charity and three years providing bereavement support at a hospice. That experience informs how she talks about grief and loss, including losses that come from life transitions rather than death.
Donna has completed a certificate in online and telephone counselling and continues further training in psychotherapeutic and integrative counselling. She has taken continuing professional development courses in trauma, abuse, anxiety, bereavement and self-acceptance.
If someone wants to explore feelings of guilt or shame, Donna invites an initial conversation to clarify what brought them to therapy and whether working together feels like a good fit. The first contacts are practical and focused on next steps.
How Donna’s approaches can work in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting entangled in them, and on choosing actions that match personal values. This approach can help when guilt or shame make someone avoid important parts of life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises to try between sessions. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and repetitive self-critical thinking. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns from early relationships and how they affect present connections, which can be helpful for abandonment, trust and intimacy issues.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss what feels most relevant and adapt methods together based on a client's needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative decision helps make sessions feel purposeful and manageable.
The therapist's biography notes training in online and telephone counselling, but session formats are not fully listed here. Please confirm available formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work or family life and can allow shorter check-ins or phone conversations when video is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals can use these options to keep work practical and accessible without needing travel.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she see?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, addiction and guilt and shame among other concerns.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses a person-centred foundation alongside ACT and CBT tools to help people name and make sense of those feelings and look for manageable ways to respond.
What is her clinical background?
She has eight years' experience, volunteer experience at a mental health charity, and three years of bereavement support work at a hospice.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions can be arranged with international clients; sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she provide?
Her biography notes a certificate in online and telephone counselling; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.