Donnah Hewlett, BACP, NCPS

Donnah Hewlett is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). She has six years of professional experience and supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and major life changes. Donnah also works with issues around addictions, intimacy, grief and low self-esteem.

She aims to make the therapy space calm and non-judgemental. Sessions focus on helping people talk through difficult feelings and think about small steps that make a difference. Donnah emphasises practical ways to cope day to day alongside exploring deeper patterns that keep problems repeating.

Her work often blends client-centred listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural approaches and mindfulness. Motivational interviewing techniques can help when someone is trying to change a habit or build confidence. Psychodynamic ideas are used when looking at how past relationships shape present feelings.

Donnah has particular experience with compulsive sexual behaviours and pornography addiction, and with supporting partners affected by those issues. She also pays attention to matters such as attachment, family of origin concerns, caregiver stress and chronic illness where these affect mood and relationships.

Sessions are offered in English and she sees people across the UK and internationally. She encourages people to take the first step and complete a short matching questionnaire to begin scheduling sessions.

How Donnah’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said and helps a person feel heard so they can name their priorities and make choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and trying small experiments to change them; it is often useful for anxiety, low mood and habits someone wants to shift.

Finding the right approach is usually collaborative. Donnah will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels helpful in early sessions. Together they will decide whether to focus more on practical CBT-style work, mindfulness exercises, motivational interviewing for behaviour change, or deeper exploration of past patterns.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls are good for full face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break, live chat can suit short check-ins, and text-based messaging helps people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care and to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.