Abigail Borquaye, BACP

Abigail Borquaye is an integrative counsellor who bases her work within a client-centered framework, with a particular focus on relationship and family concerns. She works with individuals and couples, drawing on nearly two decades of experience supporting women and families before and after her professional training. She is a member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists.

Abigail works primarily with clients referred by their GPs and through drop-in sessions, supporting people in West London with a broad range of difficulties. Her practice addresses relationship problems, loneliness, depression, domestic violence, bereavement, childhood abuse and neglect, forgiveness and bitterness, anger management, and work-related stress. She is especially committed to working with couples, survivors of trauma and abuse, and individuals seeking to rediscover a sense of self and purpose.

Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency and commitment concerns, blended family and parenting challenges, addiction and substance issues, caregiver stress, and the emotional impacts of illness. Abigail aims to provide a safe, accepting space where clients can explore needs and fears and work toward clearer communication, healthier relationships, and renewed direction.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Abigail Borquaye integrates several established approaches into her online work to meet different needs. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early bonds influence current relationships and helps clients address patterns of closeness, abandonment, or avoidance in their intimate and family connections. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating an empathic, nonjudgmental space where the client leads the direction of therapy and gains insight and self-acceptance through supportive reflection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical strategies to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Abigail will work with each person to understand their history, goals, and preferences, and will adapt methods to suit what feels most helpful in the moment and over time. This means therapy can evolve as needs change.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life and to connect when in-person visits are difficult. These options offer flexibility in scheduling, ongoing access to support across distances, and the ability to continue therapeutic work during life transitions or when travel is not possible.