Counsellor profile
Abigail Borquaye, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and anger
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 90865
- Experience19 years
- LanguagesEnglish, Twi
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Attachment based
- Emotionally focused work
- CBT techniques
About Abigail
Abigail Borquaye is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 19 years of experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, anger, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety and related stresses. Abigail works with individuals and couples and offers sessions in English and Twi.
She draws on a client-centred base and mixes approaches to match what someone needs. In sessions she listens for patterns from childhood, attachment issues and recent stresses that keep problems repeating. Conversations aim to clarify what matters most and make small, practical changes that reduce tension and conflict.
Abigail has long experience supporting people referred by GPs and through West London drop-in services. That background shapes a straightforward approach to problems such as bereavement, domestic violence, childhood neglect, addiction and caregiving strain. She also works with relationship breakdown, blended family issues and career-related pressure.
Sessions typically look at communication problems, commitment worries, control issues and codependency. Where anger is a concern she helps people notice triggers, manage strong feelings and repair relationships after outbursts. Work can include rebuilding trust, setting boundaries and reducing resentment.
Her practice uses a mix of attachment-based, emotionally focused and psychodynamic ideas alongside cognitive techniques when useful. She encourages practical steps people can try between sessions and reviews what does and doesn’t work. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches work online
Abigail combines attachment-based work, emotionally-focused therapy and cognitive techniques in practical ways. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people change recurring ways of reacting in relationships. Emotionally-focused work focuses on feelings and the interactions that keep couples or partners stuck and helps people name and respond differently to those emotions. Cognitive techniques help spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours that reduce anger and anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Abigail will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to use based on their goals, the issues they bring and what feels doable. That conversation can continue over the first few sessions as understanding deepens and priorities become clearer.
Confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. For some people not being on camera or using a phone call makes it simpler to talk, while others prefer a video meeting to read facial cues. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt pacing, homework and session length to fit everyday life.
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Experience
19+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Twi
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with relationship strain, family conflict, anger, trauma, depression, anxiety and addiction-related issues.
How does she work in sessions?
Sessions use a client-centred framework with elements of attachment, emotion-focused and cognitive approaches to identify patterns and try practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 19 years of experience working with individuals and couples, including GP referrals and West London drop-in services.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Twi.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm any time-zone details when booking.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.