Angela Higgins, BACP

Angela Higgins is a BACP-accredited counsellor and therapist based in the United Kingdom with 25 years of experience supporting people through a wide range of emotional and life challenges. She works in English and accepts both local and international clients, offering flexible online formats and remote support.

She began her work as a befriender supporting people affected by the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and that early experience inspired her to train as a counsellor and build a long career helping others navigate stress, anxiety and traumatic experiences.

Her core training is in person-centered therapy, an approach grounded in empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard. Those principles remain central to her practice, while a large amount of her clinical work is informed by cognitive behavioral techniques and other modalities used as appropriate to meet each client’s needs.

Over a 25-year career she has spent a decade as an addictions counsellor, including four years working in a local prison. Her clinical experience covers panic attacks, depression, agoraphobia, trauma and PTSD, domestic and sexual abuse, bereavement, anger management, relationship and family problems, and challenges related to eating, sleeping and self-esteem.

In the past ten years she has trained in complementary healing practices such as Reiki, sound healing, reflexology and Indian head massage and continues to explore approaches that support clients’ overall wellbeing. Angela welcomes new clients and works collaboratively to help them find practical, compassionate paths forward. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the professional body associated with her accreditation.