Abigail Borquaye , BACP

Abigail Borquaye is a counsellor who helps people with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression and issues around self-esteem. She works with concerns such as parenting stress, grief, addiction, anger and intimacy challenges. Abigail also supports those facing major life changes, career pressures and compassion fatigue. She offers sessions in English and Twi and accepts international clients.

Her style is rooted in a client-centred way of working that values the person in front of her. Abigail listens carefully and offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through painful experiences. She blends several approaches to match each person's needs rather than using a single fixed method.

Over 19 years she has supported people through family conflict, domestic violence, bereavement and childhood abuse. She has worked with clients referred by GPs and in community drop-in settings in west London. Her background includes long experience helping women and parents before formal counsellor training.

In sessions she may draw on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and on cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. She also uses emotionally-focused and psychodynamic perspectives to explore feelings and past influences when that is helpful.

Abigail is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She aims to help people find more stability, clearer choices, and a stronger sense of self through steady, practical conversation and ongoing support.

Therapeutic approaches for online work

Abigail combines attachment-based ideas with client-centred care to help people understand relationship patterns and feel heard. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current ones and helps when commitment, abandonment or attachment difficulties cause pain. Client-centred counselling focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own solutions rather than giving advice.

She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to spot and change upsetting thought patterns that fuel anxiety, depression or anger. CBT provides practical steps and small experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting, which can be useful for mood, stress and coping with life changes. These approaches are offered collaboratively so the therapist and client decide together which methods suit the person's goals and preferences.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people work face to face when travel is difficult, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins or those who prefer typing. These formats give flexibility for regular meetings, short check-ins and different styles of support while keeping the focus on clear goals and steady progress.