Angela Higgins, BACP

Angela Higgins began her career supporting people affected by the Troubles in Northern Ireland, first working as a befriender with individuals experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, and the effects of domestic or sexual abuse. That early work inspired her to train as a counsellor and has informed a compassionate, steady approach to therapy across a wide range of presenting concerns.

Over a 25-year professional career she has combined training in a person-centred approach with substantial experience using cognitive behavioural methods when appropriate. Her practice draws on the person-centred core conditions of empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard, while also integrating cognitive behavioural tools to address patterns of thinking and behaviour that maintain distress. She has specialist experience in addictions work, including ten years as an addictions counsellor and four years working within a local prison setting.

Angela’s background includes supporting people through trauma and abuse, bereavement, anger management, panic and anxiety, mood difficulties, relationship and family problems, and a broad range of life transitions. In recent years she has also trained in complementary wellbeing modalities such as Reiki, sound healing, reflexology, and Indian head massage, which she explores as adjuncts to therapeutic work where helpful. Angela is a BACP registered practitioner - BACP is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK - and she accepts clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.