Bridget Donkin, BACP

Bridget Donkin is a counsellor with ten years' experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief and relationship difficulties. She works with adults through life changes and challenges, including issues around addiction, sleep, eating, and self-esteem. Bridget is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and offers support in English.

Her practice focuses on listening and helping clients find practical ways forward. Sessions aim to create space to talk through painful feelings and, where useful, try different ways of coping. Bridget draws on client-centred and emotionally focused ideas to prioritise what matters most to the person in the room.

She also uses existential and mindfulness approaches to help people make sense of difficult changes and reduce day-to-day distress. Narrative techniques are used to reframe unhelpful stories about the self and relationships. These methods are chosen to match each person's needs rather than applied in the same way to everyone.

Bridget has worked with a wide range of concerns over the years, including parenting strain, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, trauma, and identity questions. Her experience includes supporting people through bereavement, separation and the practical stresses that follow illness or long-term caregiving.

People who come to her can expect a calm, direct style that focuses on what helps now. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Approaches that translate to online counselling

Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experience, with the counsellor listening closely and reflecting back what matters most. It helps when someone needs a calm space to talk through challenges and clarify what they want to change.

Emotionally focused work concentrates on feelings in relationships and attachment patterns. It aims to help people identify core emotions and shift how they respond in close relationships, which can reduce repeated cycles of hurt.

Existential approaches invite people to reflect on meaning, responsibility and choice in the face of life transitions. This can be useful when coping with ageing, loss, illness or big life changes.

Finding the right approach is usually a joint process. The therapist will discuss different options and try methods that suit the client's goals, needs and preferences. Sessions can change over time as priorities shift, and this is part of the collaborative work.

Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can use a break from work or care duties for appointments.