Donna Murison, MBACP (Accred), BACP

Donna Murison, MBACP (Accred) offers support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, low self-esteem, ADHD, addictions, and other life challenges. She welcomes people coping with depression, trauma, intimacy issues, eating or sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, career changes, and compassion fatigue. Donna aims to make those first steps calm and manageable and adapts her approach to each person's situation.

Donna draws on ten years of practice and a person-centred foundation to shape therapy around the client. She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) alongside elements from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to help with thinking patterns and practical coping skills. Compassion-focused ideas are used when shame or harsh self-criticism are issues.

Sessions are collaborative and practical. Donna listens first, then works with the person to set realistic goals and build a toolkit of strategies to use between sessions. She pays attention to emotions, relationships, and patterns that keep problems stuck, and helps people try new ways of responding.

Donna has experience supporting people through major life changes such as perimenopause and menopause, separation and divorce, and late-diagnosed ADHD. She also works with addiction-related concerns, long-term health issues, and communication problems that affect everyday life.

Donna is an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as MBACP (Accred). She keeps her practice up to date through supervision and ongoing professional development.

How Donna’s approaches translate to online work

Donna commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Compassion-Focused Therapy alongside a person-centred way of working. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours, which can help with anxiety, low mood, jealousy and unhelpful habits. Compassion-Focused Therapy helps people soften a harsh inner critic and develop kinder self-talk, which suits work on shame, self-blame and low self-worth.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Donna will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs with each person and agree a blended way of working that fits. The process is collaborative so methods can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

The practical benefits of online therapy often include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week, fewer travel demands and more choice about when to meet. Because the original biography does not list specific session formats here, please confirm the available online session types before booking. Registered or accredited professionals generally aim to make online work feel similar to in-person therapy, with focused discussions, skills practice and clear goals to help everyday life.