Abby Rounding, BACP

Abby Rounding offers calm, focused support for people navigating low confidence, relationship difficulties, and the stresses of daily life. She draws on her own experience of overcoming self-doubt to inform a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach that aims to help clients learn, change, and thrive. Abby trained using an integrative model, blending ideas from different therapeutic theories to tailor sessions to individual needs, and she has had additional training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which provides practical tools for breaking repetitive, unhelpful patterns.

While practical techniques are available when helpful, Abby places the therapeutic relationship at the heart of her work and believes that a strong, trusting connection often opens the way to deeper, lasting change. She is able to work with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and brings particular interest and experience in areas such as confidence, relationships, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

Therapy with Abby may involve exploring how early care and upbringing have shaped current patterns, looking at thoughts, emotions, bodily responses and behaviour, and developing healthier ways of relating to oneself and others. Sessions can include reflective conversation, collaborative problem solving, or brief exercises and worksheets to support awareness and practical change. Sessions are led by the client with Abby offering structure, intuition, and clinical knowledge to guide each path. First sessions are normally an introduction, taking details, completing assessments and discussing goals and expectations.

Abby holds the BACP credential, a recognised professional association for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Abby commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client-centered and attachment-informed ways of working to support people online. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and using practical strategies to test and change them - it can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and getting unstuck from repeating cycles. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship where the client leads the pace and focus of sessions - this approach supports self-exploration and building confidence. Attachment-Based ideas look at early relationships and how they shape current patterns, helping people understand relational dynamics and work toward healthier connections.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Abby works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods feel most helpful given their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, and she adjusts the mix of approaches as the work unfolds. Registered professionals and therapists often combine techniques to tailor care to each person.

Online therapy with Abby can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility to fit therapy around work, family, and other commitments. These options make it easier to access regular support from home or elsewhere, reduce travel time, and allow people to choose the format that feels most comfortable for them.