Abigail De Almeida, BACP, NCPS

Abigail De Almeida is an integrative counsellor who focuses on helping people through difficult life moments. She brings three years of practical experience working with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. Abigail speaks English and Portuguese and practises from the United Kingdom.

Her style is warm and down-to-earth. Sessions are a space to talk things through, name what feels heavy, and try small steps that can make daily life easier. She aims to help people find perspective and build coping skills that fit their routine.

Abigail uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. This can include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to test thinking patterns, and psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences shape today.

She also draws on client-centred work to keep the conversation focused on the person in front of her, and hypnotherapy techniques when appropriate. Together these methods are used to address issues such as relationship strain, family problems, career stress and compassion fatigue.

People often come when they feel stuck, overwhelmed, or ready to make a change. Abigail supports exploration of attachment and abandonment worries, communication and commitment difficulties, and feelings of guilt, shame or emptiness. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort.

How Abigail’s approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, stress and finding motivation. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses simple experiments and practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which often helps with depression and anxiety. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and creating a respectful space where people can explore what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Abigail will discuss options with each person and adapt methods based on needs, goals and preferences. The therapeutic plan is created together and can change as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls give face-to-face contact when that helps, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can be used for shorter check-ins or between-session reflections. These options are aimed at making therapy more flexible and accessible for different routines and lifestyles.