Angela Higgins, BACP

Angela Higgins began her helping work as a befriender supporting people affected by the troubles in NI, encountering a wide range of difficulties such as stress, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, and experiences of domestic or sexual abuse. That early frontline experience inspired a move into counselling, where she has built a long career focused on practical support and emotional recovery.

Her foundational training is in Person-Centered therapy, with the core conditions of empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard remaining central to her practice. While those principles guide the therapeutic relationship, much of her day-to-day clinical work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and other approaches selected to meet each person’s needs. This flexible use of modalities allows her to tailor interventions to presenting concerns and client preferences.

Across a 22 year career she has specialised in addictions work for a decade, including four years providing counselling in a local prison setting, and has supported people with panic attacks, depression, anxiety, agoraphobia, trauma and PTSD, bereavement, anger management, domestic violence, and reintegration following imprisonment. Her caseload has also included relationship and family issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and career concerns, bipolar and ADHD related difficulties, and challenges connected to self-esteem and intimacy.

Over the past ten years she has expanded her skill set with complementary training in Reiki, sound healing, reflexology, and Indian head massage, and continues to explore gentle healing modalities that can enhance overall wellbeing alongside talking therapy. Angela works from a client-centered stance while integrating CBT techniques when helpful, aiming to create a supportive environment where people can build coping skills and work through life changes.

Angela holds BACP, a professional membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and she continues to accept clients including those seeking international support.