Donna Tibby , BACP

Donna Tibby is a qualified integrative therapeutic counsellor who works with adults aged 18 and above, offering both solution-focused short-term support and longer-term therapy. She combines compassion and empathy with practical therapeutic tools to help people make sense of difficult life experiences and shifts in mood, including persistent low mood, anxiety, racing thoughts, grief, relationship difficulties, and life transitions.

Donna helps clients explore how labels and long-held beliefs can shape experience - for example when someone believes I am an anxious person - and supports them to test and change those beliefs so they can live with greater freedom from self-defining labels. Her practice blends several theoretical approaches into a personalised framework that aims to build deeper self-awareness and meaningful change tailored to each person's situation.

Therapy with Donna is available face-to-face, by phone, or through nationwide online counselling, allowing adults to choose the format that fits their needs. She adheres to the ethical framework of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and has a full Enhanced DBS check, which is the enhanced criminal-records check used in the United Kingdom. Donna brings three years of professional experience to her work and frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on practical steps and insight.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Donna uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them, and to clarify personal values so actions align with what matters most; this approach can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and low mood. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore patterns in close relationships, how early bonds influence current connections, and to support healing around intimacy, abandonment, and family difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy is another strand in her work, offering a respectful, non-judging space where the individual’s experience guides the pace and focus of therapy and where empathy and unconditional positive regard promote self-understanding.

Finding the right method is part of the therapeutic process. Donna collaborates with each person to identify which approaches or combination of approaches suit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy sessions may take place via video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people balancing work, family, or mobility needs. These remote options make it easier to access regular support from licensed professionals and therapists without traveling, and allow sessions to fit more naturally into daily life.