Donna Mcallister, BACP
3 years in practice
Donna Mcallister is a counsellor who works from an existential perspective.
License and registration
- BACP
- 404751 · expires October 2026
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Donna
Donna Mcallister is a counsellor who works from an existential perspective. She draws on practical therapies to help people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Donna aims to create a steady, respectful space where people can talk about what matters most to them.
Donna trained to a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) and holds BACP registration. She has three years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns, including burnout, addictions and ongoing grief.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding what a person is facing now and what matters for their future. Her approach is conversational and rooted in real-life choices. Sessions often explore values, meaning and how behaviours link to goals.
Practical tools from cognitive and acceptance-based therapies are offered alongside reflective discussion. Attachment and client-centred ways of working guide how she builds trust in the room. That means attention to relationship patterns and listening without judgement.
People are helped to notice unhelpful patterns and to try different responses in everyday life. Donna also supports people with intimacy-related issues, ADHD, body image and career concerns, among other areas. She works with people across the UK and accepts international clients.
To begin, she asks people to reflect on what they want from therapy and then to arrange sessions that suit their schedule.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Donna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, 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 / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / 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 / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Donna names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Existential work looks at questions of meaning, choice and responsibility. It helps people who feel stuck or uncertain to clarify what matters and make decisions that fit their values.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that matter. It can help with anxiety, depression and coping when life feels overwhelming.
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationship patterns affect current connections. This approach can support people noticing how they relate to others and trying new ways of connecting.
Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify the best fit based on a person's needs, goals and preferences, and will suggest practical techniques alongside reflective conversations.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to arrange regular work around busy schedules and different time zones.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Donna help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety and depression, and helps with relationship issues, grief, addictions and burnout among other concerns.
What is her general therapy style like?
The style is conversational and reflective, combining existential questioning with practical techniques from CBT and ACT to address thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
What work experience does she have?
Donna has three years of professional counselling experience working with a broad range of issues including trauma, parenting stress and career difficulties.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Therapeutic Counselling (HONS) with BACP registration.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
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