About Donna
Donna Tibby is a BACP counsellor who offers therapy for adults aged 18 and over. She draws on three years' experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and life changes. Donna aims to make sessions straightforward and compassionate so someone who is worried can feel understood from the first contact.
She works with a wide range of concerns including relationships, grief, self-esteem, depression, addictions and trauma and abuse.
How Donna works
Practical problems such as sleeping, eating, career worries and parenting strain are part of her practice too. Donna also helps people cope with chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image and issues around adoption and attachment. Donna blends several approaches to build a plan that fits each person.
Her toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based methods alongside client-centred and emotionally focused ideas. She explains each step in clear language and focuses on what a person can do between sessions. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so people can choose what works for them.
Appointments are organised through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and fees vary by location and therapist availability. Donna follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy ethical framework and holds an Enhanced DBS check. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire and books according to the therapist's schedule.
Donna lists 15 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Donna works with
The areas below are the ones Donna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- 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
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Donna uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice their thoughts without being controlled by them and to choose actions that match their values. ACT often helps when anxiety, low mood or avoidance get in the way of everyday life.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. This can be useful for sleep problems, worry and mood shifts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Donna will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that suit their needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. The process is collaborative and paced to what the person wants.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can suit brief check-ins or those who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on practical steps and ongoing support.
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