Abigail Borquaye, BACP

Abigail Borquaye is a counsellor with 19 years of experience who helps people manage relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety and stress. She also supports clients facing addiction, grief, intimacy difficulties and the challenges of caregiving. Sessions are offered in English and Twi, and Abigail accepts international clients.

Her way of working is grounded in a client-centred approach. That means conversations focus on the person's experience and priorities. Abigail uses an integrative model, drawing on attachment work and cognitive and emotion-focused methods to suit each person's needs.

She has long experience supporting women and people referred by general practitioners. Before her formal counselling training she worked in roles supporting families and individuals, and she continues to work with relationship issues and trauma in a community setting in west London.

In sessions Abigail aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through fears, anger, shame or loss. Practical tools are offered alongside space to reflect, so conversations move between coping strategies and understanding patterns rooted in early relationships.

Clients often bring concerns such as bereavement, childhood abuse, domestic violence, workplace strain, codependency and difficulties with communication or commitment. Abigail helps people explore next steps, build coping skills and work towards clearer decisions about relationships and life changes.

How Abigail's approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on the patterns people form in close relationships. Online sessions can help identify those patterns and practise new ways of relating to partners or family members. Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience first, offering a listening space where the counsellor follows the client's lead and helps clarify goals and feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and provides practical tools for managing anxiety, low mood and stress.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Abigail will work with each person to decide which methods fit best, adjusting techniques as needs and goals become clearer. This collaborative way helps people try practical strategies while also understanding deeper patterns that affect their relationships.

The biography does not specify particular online formats, so confirm available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people join sessions from different places if that suits their schedule. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, homework and conversation to work well in remote sessions, helping people build coping skills and make progress between appointments.