Donna Murison, MBACP (Accred), BACP

Donna Murison, MBACP (Accred) welcomes people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She also supports those coping with grief, ADHD, addictions, low self-esteem and work-related strain. Donna offers practical help for life changes such as separation or caring responsibilities. Donna uses a person-centred way of working that puts the client at the heart of the process. She adapts her approach to each person's goals. Sessions can be short-term and solution-focused or take a longer course to build lasting change. Her practice draws on cognitive behavioural methods to look at how thoughts and behaviours keep problems going. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values when things feel hard. Attachment-based thinking is used to notice patterns in relationships and inform healing. Donna emphasises warmth, patience and compassion in sessions. She helps people build self-kindness and calmer emotional responses. Practical tools and a personalised toolkit are offered so clients can use what they learn between meetings. She is an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, MBACP (Accred). Donna has around ten years' experience and continues regular supervision and professional development. Sessions are offered in English and she works with international clients from the United Kingdom.

How Donna's approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting hooked by them, and then take small steps that align with what matters. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns shape current relationships and helps people try new, healthier ways of relating. This is often helpful for relationship strain, intimacy issues and patterns of trust. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on offering an accepting, non-judgemental space where a person can talk things through and be heard. It supports self-understanding and strengthens a person's own capacity to find solutions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different methods together to find what fits best. Decisions about techniques and pace are made with the client's needs and preferences in mind, not prescribed in advance.

Online sessions mean the same kinds of therapeutic conversations can take place without travel. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper discussion. Phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or suit people with limited bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for ongoing, flexible support and for people who prefer writing. These options make therapy more flexible around work, caregiving and day-to-day life.