Isla Donaldson

Isla Donaldson NCPS helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and low self-esteem. She also offers support for loneliness, attachment worries, body image struggles and issues such as guilt, shame and life purpose. Isla writes plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person who comes to therapy.

Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions are guided by what the person needs in the moment, with an emphasis on real lived experience and bodily awareness. Isla balances understanding with gentle challenge, helping people notice unhelpful patterns and experiment with new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Isla uses a person-centred, relational way of working, so the therapeutic relationship is central. She brings somatic and trauma-focused practices into sessions to help process difficult memories and sensations held in the body. This includes paying attention to in-the-moment feelings and physical responses as a route to clearer self-understanding.

She has five years of clinical experience and a first-class BA in Humanistic Counselling Practice. Isla has completed further training in somatics, trauma work, attachment theory, Internal Family Systems and related topics. Her NCPS credential appears after her name as provided in her profile.

People who find talking alone isn’t enough often benefit from the bodily and relational work Isla offers. She aims to help people develop more self-trust, steadier emotion regulation and clearer choices about their lives. If you want to discuss next steps, the initial questionnaire and scheduling process will begin the match to therapy.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps the person find their own answers. This approach is useful for people who want a respectful, non-directive space to understand themselves better.

Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and movement as part of healing. It helps when emotions feel stuck in the body and when practical ways to regulate feeling states are needed. Simple grounding or movement-based practices can be used to support processing of stress and trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss different ways of working and agree what fits your needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative decision that may evolve as therapy progresses.

Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific online formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow continuity of support when circumstances change. It can also let people choose quieter times or shorter check-ins when that helps them manage their day.