Donna Peters
Calm, practical counselling for life’s hard moments
About Donna
Donna Peters supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem and depression. She also focuses on issues connected to divorce and separation, guilt and shame, panic attacks, social anxiety and the challenges young adults face. Donna uses clear, steady language and a calm presence to help people talk through difficult feelings and make small changes that matter.
Donna has around four years of counselling experience and more than 450 clinical hours working with people face to face, by phone and online.
Background and approach
Before qualifying as a counsellor she worked professionally in the NHS for over 20 years, which shaped her practical, down-to-earth approach. Her background includes seven years volunteering at a bereavement charity where she supported adults and young people through loss. That time gave her direct experience helping people manage grief and rebuild a daily routine after bereavement.
Donna describes herself as respectful, sensitive and compassionate. She works in an integrative way, drawing on person-centred ideas and using techniques such as cognitive behavioural approaches and solution-focused brief therapy when they fit the situation. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-focused when needed, or more open and reflective if a person prefers to talk through feelings.
Donna encourages clients to notice small wins and to set practical steps between sessions. If someone wants to begin, the process starts with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
What Donna works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online counselling
Donna works in an integrative way, combining person-centred listening with practical techniques. Person-centred work focuses on understanding the person’s experience and offering steady, non-judgemental support to help them talk through feelings and make their own choices.She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas that look at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. These techniques help with anxiety, panic attacks and low mood by identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of responding. Solution-focused brief techniques are used for people who want short-term, goal-oriented work that builds small, achievable steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will explore your needs, goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit counselling around busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and are good for shorter check-ins, while live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need flexible timing. These options help people access therapy from different places and at times that work for them.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
