Donna Mcallister, BACP
Donna Mcallister is a counsellor with a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) and three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
About Donna
Donna Mcallister is a counsellor with a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) and three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety and low mood. She aims to offer a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what’s most worrying them.
Donna builds a therapeutic relationship on trust and clear boundaries. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with trauma and abuse as well as issues such as grief, relationship concerns and self-esteem struggles. She uses practical methods that help people notice patterns and make small changes. Approaches include Trauma-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques.
Donna adapts these to suit each person’s needs rather than relying on one single method. Clients can explore topics like coping with life changes, addictions, parenting strains, career stress and chronic health challenges. She also supports people dealing with intimacy issues, body image and codependency.
Conversations are paced to match how someone feels able to open up. The first session is used to clarify concerns and agree goals. After that, sessions aim to build practical skills, increase self-understanding and improve day-to-day functioning.
Donna describes her role as a supportive guide while people work towards clearer direction and better coping.
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 404751 | October 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Donna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Donna names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online work
Donna uses Trauma-Focused Therapy online to help people process distressing events in manageable steps, pairing gentle pacing with techniques that reduce reactivity. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is offered to help clients notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values, useful for anxiety, depression and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relationship patterns and how early connection influences current reactions, which can help with intimacy and self-esteem issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Donna will discuss options with each person and agree a plan that fits goals and preferences. The approach can shift over time as needs change, and decisions are made together rather than imposed.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a lighter option requiring less bandwidth, live chat offers shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and travel commitments.
Frequently asked
What concerns can Donna help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy problems, and self-esteem difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Donna combines Trauma-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centred techniques with cognitive behavioural tools to match practical steps to a person’s needs.
What relevant experience does she have?
She has three years of professional counselling experience in the UK working with clients facing burnout, life changes and emotional distress.
What credentials and location are listed?
Donna holds a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) and is registered with the BACP in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing and payment work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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