- Years in practice
- 11
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Abigail
Abigail Goodwin is a BACP counsellor with 11 years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, depression and parenting concerns. She works with individuals facing relationship strain, family problems, trauma and abuse, and issues with sleep, eating and self-esteem. Her style is warm and down-to-earth.
Conversations are practical and focused on what you want to change. Abigail practises an integrated approach. She draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas.
Background and approach
Sessions are shaped around each person’s goals and life situation rather than a fixed programme. She aims for clarity and simple tools you can use between meetings. In sessions she listens first, then helps people notice patterns that cause pain.
Together they try small, doable experiments to change behaviour and feel more in control. She also offers coaching-style work for motivation and practical next steps when that is needed. Her background includes over a decade of client work in the United Kingdom and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Abigail supports people dealing with grief, anger, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related difficulties and a wide range of life transitions. She explains techniques plainly and tailors them to each person’s day-to-day life. Choosing to start feels hard.
Abigail encourages steady progress and realistic expectations. She works to build a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can try new ways of coping and relating.
What Abigail works with
Everything Abigail lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Abigail helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Abigail lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online parenting and relationship support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and life transitions by focusing on what matters most rather than getting stuck on thoughts. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people build healthier ways of relating. It can be useful for relationship strain, intimacy issues and many family concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Abigail will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you meet face to face without travelling. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, homework support or days when messaging fits your schedule better. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare and everyday life while still getting ongoing support from a registered professional.
Questions people ask about Abigail
What concerns does Abigail help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and parenting-related worries, plus relationship and family difficulties and trauma and abuse.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, practical and collaborative. She listens first, then works with clients to try small, achievable changes.
How much experience does she have?
Abigail has 11 years of professional experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and country is she based in?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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