Bridget Donkin

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationships and intimacy
• Mindfulness and narrative

About Bridget

Bridget Donkin helps people work through stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, grief and depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, and a wide range of life changes. She uses a person-centred way of working and draws on emotion-focused, existential, mindfulness and narrative ideas in sessions. Bridget is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has ten years' experience.

Bridget offers a straightforward, conversational style in sessions. She listens for what matters to the person in front of her and follows their pace. Conversations focus on the feelings and stories that shape day-to-day life, and practical steps people can try between meetings.

Her approach is suited to people facing particular life events such as bereavement, separation, adoption-related issues, or caregiving stress. She also works with identity questions, LGBT concerns, repetitive intrusive thoughts, and longer-term difficulties such as bipolar experience, chronic illness, or addiction-related patterns.

Bridget uses techniques from mindfulness to help people notice patterns in thought and feeling. Narrative ideas are used to look at the stories people tell themselves and to consider alternative perspectives. Emotion-focused work supports people who want to understand and change difficult relationship patterns.

Sessions are intended to be practical and reflective. Bridget helps clients identify small changes and clearer ways of communicating. She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English, and she describes her membership with the BACP as part of her professional standing.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Bridget works from person-centred principles that focus on the client's experience, listening and reflecting what comes up in the conversation. This approach helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and strong feelings; online sessions can be used to identify and work with those patterns in everyday life. Existential ideas encourage people to consider meaning, choice and how they respond to difficult circumstances, which can support those coping with life transitions or grief.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Bridget will talk with each client about which methods suit their situation and preferences, and they will choose together which ideas to try first. The process is collaborative and adaptable as goals evolve.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online counselling can help fit sessions into a busy schedule, make it easier to have short check-ins, and remove travel time. It also allows people to use mindfulness exercises, narrative tasks and emotion-focused work from the places in life where the issues arise. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists, often find these practical benefits useful when arranging care.

Topics Bridget lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Depression
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Trauma and abuse
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dependent personality
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• HIV and AIDS
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Visually impaired
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Existential Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Bridget

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the concerns she addresses, including panic and intrusive thoughts.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She works in a person-centred way and uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy, existential and narrative ideas, plus mindfulness practices.

How much experience does she have?

She has ten years' experience as a counsellor.

Is she registered with a professional body and where is she based?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.

In which language are sessions held?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

Yes. She accepts international clients.

What formats are available for sessions?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.

How much do sessions cost and how are payments handled?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.