Donna Mcallister

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy

About Donna

Donna Mcallister works with stress, anxiety, depression and related difficulties using a person-centred approach. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

Donna trained with a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS). She offers time to talk through current problems and the feelings that come with them. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage everyday pressure, low mood and worry rather than medical labels.

Her practice draws on several established approaches, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioural methods, attachment-based thinking and dialectical behaviour techniques. These are used to help people notice unhelpful patterns, try new coping skills and make clearer decisions about valued goals.

Donna also works with areas such as grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, parenting stress, body image and career concerns. There is attention to complex situations that may include overlapping health issues or long-term caregiving responsibilities.

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

How her approaches are used in online sessions

Donna uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood or life transitions. She also applies Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test small behavioural changes that reduce worry and improve sleep.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try and how to adapt them over time. This collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted as the client's needs change.

Practical benefits of remote sessions include fitting counselling into a busy week and reducing travel time. The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, which helps make regular appointments easier to plan alongside work or family commitments.

Topics Donna lists

• Stress and 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 and AIDS
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Intellectual disability
• 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
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Traumatic brain injury
• Visually impaired
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• 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

Questions about Donna

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. She works with anxiety and related worries using practical coping strategies.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She combines client-centred work with ACT, CBT, DBT and attachment-based ideas to address feelings and behaviour.

How much experience does she have?

She has three years of professional counselling experience in the United Kingdom.

Is she accredited with a professional body?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

Yes. International clients are accepted.

How much do sessions cost?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.