Isla Donaldson, NCPS
5 years in practice
Isla Donaldson is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS21-01342 · expires August 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Isla
Isla Donaldson is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with self-esteem, loneliness, body image, and questions about life purpose. Isla works in English and practises from the United Kingdom.
She offers short-term and longer-term work that centres on the person in front of her. Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit each individual.
Background and approach
Isla aims to help people feel more grounded, more aware of their bodies and feelings, and clearer about next steps in life. Isla draws on client-centred and existential ideas, focusing on the relationship in the room and the meanings a person gives their life.
She also uses somatic and trauma-focused approaches to notice sensations and emotions in the body and to support recovery after difficult experiences. These methods are used together to match what a person needs in the moment. Her background includes a first-class Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanistic Counselling Practice and five years of professional experience.
Isla has undertaken further training in somatics, polyvagal theory, attachment work, internal family systems, boundaries and consent, safeguarding, and online therapy. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Isla understands it can be hard to ask for help and aims to make first contact straightforward and respectful.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Isla lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Isla names
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Online support
How existential and somatic approaches work online
Existential Therapy looks at the personal meanings and choices that shape a person's life. Online sessions can help people talk through feelings of emptiness, life purpose and the impact of major change while considering values and direction. Client-Centred Therapy places the client's experience and relationship at the heart of the work. In this approach the therapist listens carefully and follows the person's pace, which can be effective for anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. Somatic and trauma-focused ways of working pay attention to bodily sensations and how the nervous system responds. These methods help people notice physical cues linked to emotions and memory and use bodily awareness to calm or resource themselves in the moment. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods together, and adapt based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. That means the plan can change as the work moves forward. Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls let people read facial cues and share a similar experience to in-person sessions. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can suit shorter check-ins or low-bandwidth situations. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing contact, quick reflections between sessions and flexibility around work or caring commitments.We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Isla help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems and the effects of trauma and abuse. Other areas include self-esteem, body image, loneliness, life purpose and self-harm.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are collaborative and person-centred, with a focus on what matters to the client. The work combines relational talking with attention to bodily experience and meaning.
What is Isla's professional background?
She has five years of experience and a first-class BA in Humanistic Counselling Practice. She has also completed additional training in somatics, trauma work and related topics.
Where does she practise and what credential does she hold?
Isla is based in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS as a listed credential.
Which languages and clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging according to the client’s preference.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Isla?
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