Bridget Donkin , BACP

Bridget Donkin is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, relationships, anxiety and life changes. She works with adults on issues like grief, depression, addictions and intimacy concerns. Bridget also supports people dealing with parenting strain, career pressure, ADHD and LGBT-related matters.

She uses a person-focused style that centres the client's experience. That means sessions aim to be straightforward and attuned to what each person needs. Bridget draws on ten years of professional practice and holds BACP registration, which is noted as BACP.

In sessions she mixes approaches to match the person in front of her. This can include emotionally-focused ideas to strengthen connection, mindfulness to calm restless thinking, and narrative work to reframe difficult stories. She encourages practical steps that clients can try between meetings.

Bridget has worked with a wide range of concerns across adult life stages. Her additional interests include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness, caregiving stress, blended family dynamics and adoption or foster care matters. She also supports people navigating bipolar, trauma, eating and sleeping difficulties.

People who choose Bridget often want clear, compassionate conversation and simple tools to cope day to day. She aims to help clients untangle painful patterns and find ways to move forward. Sessions are offered from the United Kingdom and available to international clients.

How Bridget’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own perspective and aims to create a respectful, non-judgemental space. It helps when someone needs to be heard, make sense of feelings, or rebuild confidence. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how people experience and respond to emotions in relationships and alone, and it can help with intimacy, attachment wounds and repairing connection. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelming thoughts and manage anxiety and stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Bridget will listen to goals, try different ways of working and check in about what feels helpful. The process is collaborative so clients and the therapist decide together which methods to use and when to adapt them.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or work around limited bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or moments when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people access therapy around busy lives, travel, or different time zones while working with registered or accredited professionals.