Abigail Borquaye, BACP

Abigail Borquaye is an integrative counsellor with 19 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, women and families through a wide range of emotional and relational challenges. She works from a client-centered foundation, prioritizing the therapeutic relationship and tailoring her approach to each person's needs. As a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), she holds recognised professional membership that reflects her commitment to ongoing standards of practice.

Before training professionally, Abigail spent years working directly with women and family groups, and she continues to accept referrals from general practitioners as well as offering drop-in sessions for people in west London. Her practice includes work with relationship and family problems, loneliness, depression, domestic violence, bereavement, childhood abuse and neglect, anger management and work-related stress.

Abigail has a particular focus on couples and relationship therapy, trauma and abuse recovery, and helping individuals find a sense of self and purpose. She also supports people dealing with addiction, parenting difficulties, compassion fatigue, grief, intimacy-related issues and complex attachment concerns such as abandonment and codependency. In sessions she offers a calm, nonjudgmental environment where clients can explore needs, fears and practical coping strategies to move forward.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Abigail commonly draws on attachment-based therapy, client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy depending on each person's needs. Attachment-based work explores how early relationships shape current patterns in intimacy and trust, helping people address abandonment, attachment issues and relational cycles. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy and creating a respectful therapeutic partnership so clients feel understood and can identify their own solutions and personal goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns with practical strategies that can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Abigail collaborates with clients to identify which methods best fit their goals, circumstances and preferences, and she adjusts the work as progress unfolds to ensure it remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy with Abigail is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy schedules, those with mobility or location constraints, and people who prefer different modes of communication. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and access support from licensed professionals without needing to travel.