Donna Tibby, BACP
Helping people rewrite their life stories
Details
| Name | Donna Tibby |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 3 |
About Donna
Donna Tibby is a counsellor who offers short-term and longer-term work for adults. She emphasises compassion and respect for each person's experience. Donna aims to help people make sense of low mood, anxiety, racing thoughts, grief and other life stresses.
She invites clients to look beyond labels and to notice the story they tell about themselves. Donna blends several approaches to build a personalised plan. She uses Narrative ideas to help people reframe stories that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive techniques to manage difficult feelings and unhelpful thoughts. Attachment-informed ideas guide work on relationship patterns and intimacy issues. Sessions can focus on a single problem or a deeper process of self-understanding.
Practical tasks and reflective conversations are used together. Donna helps people try different ways of responding to stress, addiction-related struggles, parenting strain or career crossroads. She follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy ethical framework and holds BACP registration.
Donna works with adults aged 18 and above and offers sessions across the United Kingdom. Her practice includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. People starting therapy complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions.
Fees vary with location and a subscription model is used that can be cancelled at any time.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Grief among the things Donna works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Donna among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Donna directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Donna directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Acceptance approaches work online
Donna uses Narrative ideas to help people notice and rewrite the stories they tell about themselves. This approach looks at how labels and past events shape daily life and offers ways to widen perspective and change self-defining narratives.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on accepting difficult feelings while taking action that matters. ACT can help with anxiety, depression, stress and coping with life changes by teaching simple skills to stay present and move toward valued goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about what feels most helpful and adapt methods to match goals and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when being off-camera helps. Live chat and messaging work for shorter check-ins or for people who prefer writing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caring responsibilities and busy lives.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems can Donna help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem and a broad range of other issues listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style mixes gentle conversation with practical tasks. She uses narrative and acceptance-based ideas alongside cognitive methods to help people change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
The counsellor has three years of professional experience working with adults on a range of life, emotional and relationship issues.
What credentials and location apply?
She is registered with the BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats does she offer?
Work can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the client.
How are sessions paid for?
Fees vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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