About me
Life can be overwhelming—especially when you're carrying trauma, emotional pain, or simply trying to hold everything together. You might be functioning on the outside but struggling inside with anxiety, low mood, burnout, or a sense of being stuck.
I work with people who are ready to explore what’s beneath the surface. Whether you’re dealing with past trauma, navigating high stress, or feeling lost in your own emotions, counselling can offer space to pause, reflect and heal.
I offer a gentle, supportive, and flexible approach, drawing on three key therapies to support mind, body and nervous system:
🧠 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)
A powerful therapy for processing trauma and distressing experiences. It helps the brain “unstick” difficult memories so they no longer carry the same emotional weight—without needing to talk through every detail.
💬 Psychodynamic Therapy
This approach explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence how you think, feel and relate today. It can help bring deep insight and long-lasting emotional change.
🌿 EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques / Tapping)
A body-based technique that combines gentle tapping with emotional awareness to help regulate the nervous system. It’s especially effective for anxiety, phobias and emotional overwhelm.
I tailor our work to your needs and pace. Sometimes this means practical support in the here-and-now; other times, it means going deeper to understand what’s driving emotional pain beneath the surface.
For clients who are interested in working in a polyvagal informed way, I am a certified provider of the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP). The SSP is a listening based intervention which runs alongside your weekly therapy sessions. Please mention this when you enquire if you would like to explore the SSP.
I offer a free initial 20 minute consultation to explore what brings you to therapy. There is no obligation to continue with me after this session. To make an appointment, you can call me in confidence on 07960 084831 or alternatively email me at devon.mcdonald.counselling@gmail.com.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling
- Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling
- EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner
- EMDR Child & Adolescent Therapist
- Attachment informed EMDR
- EFT Training
- Flash Technique Practitioner
- Rewind Technique Practitioner
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OCN Level 4 Perinatal Mental Health & Birth Trauma Course
- Certificate in Adoption Support Counselling
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Safeguarding training - working with children and young adults
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
I have worked with adults and adolescents in a range of services. My senior school experience is with Place2Be and Fegans.
Accredited member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
50 minute counselling sessions: Individuals - £65
60 minute EMDR sessions: Individuals - £90
Safe and Sound Protocol - £75 per month
Limited concessionary sessions available. Please contact me for more information.
When I work
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I work both via Zoom and in person.
