Bear Donna, NCPS
Bear Donna is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with the NCPS credential and three years of professional experience.
About Bear
Bear Donna is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with the NCPS credential and three years of professional experience. He offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk through difficult feelings. He encourages steady steps toward more satisfying and manageable day-to-day life.
He works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, LGBT issues, eating concerns, depression, anxiety and ADHD. He also helps people facing stress, addiction struggles, grief, intimacy questions and self-esteem problems.
Background and approach
Many clients bring practical worries too, such as sleep difficulties, career stress or parenting strain. Bear uses an integrative approach that draws on several evidence-based methods. He has studied Transactional Analysis in depth and blends tools from different models to match each person's needs.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical so people leave with clearer choices and small skills to try between meetings. In the room he focuses on listening first, then helping people map patterns and try new ways of coping. He supports people to explore attachment, abandonment issues, communication problems and body image concerns.
He also works with those affected by neurodiversity and some personality-related patterns. Sessions are offered in English and available online by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to availability.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NCPS | NCS23-03601 | August 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Bear lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- 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 problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- 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
- 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
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches and online counselling that adapt to your needs
Bear blends an integrative approach with Transactional Analysis to help people understand and change recurring patterns. Transactional Analysis looks at how past interactions shape present responses and helps people notice and adjust unhelpful habits. It can be useful for relationship issues, attachment-related concerns and problems with communication.Alongside TA he uses practical, evidence-based techniques drawn from other therapies to address symptoms like anxiety, depression, sleep problems and trauma reactions. These techniques tend to focus on breaking problems into manageable steps and giving people tools they can try between sessions. The choice of methods is collaborative and shaped by each person's goals and preferences.
Online work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is helpful when visual cues matter, phone calls can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suit brief check-ins or written reflection. These formats aim to make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain regular contact so progress can be steady and practical.
Frequently asked
What issues can Bear help with?
The therapist supports people with trauma and abuse, LGBT concerns, eating difficulties, depression, anxiety, ADHD and related struggles. He also helps with grief, addiction, relationship and intimacy questions.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He works in an integrative way and uses Transactional Analysis alongside other evidence-based techniques. Sessions focus on listening, mapping patterns and practising small, practical steps.
What is his professional background?
Bear has three years of professional experience and is recorded with the NCPS credential as provided in his profile. He has studied multiple therapy models.
Where is he based and how is location handled?
He is based in the United Kingdom and works with people there as described in his profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English according to the profile information.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and preferences.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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