Bridget Donkin, BACP

Bridget Donkin offers calm, straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety and major life changes. She works with individuals on relationship worries, grief, depression and addictions. Bridget also helps with intimacy concerns, sleep and eating difficulties, and challenges such as ADHD and compassion fatigue. Bridget has a BACP credential, which she uses to guide a compassionate, person-centred way of working. She aims to create a space where people can be heard and make sense of painful experiences. Sessions focus on what matters to the person sitting in front of her and on practical steps they can try between meetings. Her practice draws on several approaches that encourage reflection and emotional clarity. Client-Centred Therapy keeps the person's experience at the heart of the work. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and shift patterns in relationships. Mindfulness and Narrative Therapy support noticing thoughts and stories that shape how someone feels. Over ten years Bridget has worked with a wide range of issues, including abandonment, attachment difficulties, chronic illness, caregiver stress and body image. She also has experience with adoption and foster care concerns, ageing issues and complex grief. Clients can expect a conversational style that balances listening with gentle challenges. Bridget helps people identify small, achievable changes. She also supports longer-term exploration when deeper patterns are involved. If someone wants to start, they are invited to follow the service sign-up process and complete a short questionnaire to match with her. This helps plan an initial appointment and clarify goals for therapy.

How Bridget’s approaches adapt to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience and on building a trusting relationship. Online work using this approach means the counsellor listens closely and follows what the person brings, helping them feel understood and supported. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at patterns in emotional responses and relationships; online sessions can be used to name these patterns and try new ways of relating. Mindfulness Therapy teaches noticing thoughts and bodily sensations with kindness, which can be practised between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve sleep.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Bridget will discuss goals and preferences together and help decide which methods to try. That decision is revisited as therapy progresses so the approach matches changing needs and practicalities.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions around work, travel or caring commitments, and the option to choose shorter check-ins when needed. Because the biography does not specify which session formats she offers, please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online counselling helps maintain momentum between meetings and makes regular contact more manageable alongside everyday life.