Angela Higgins
Experienced counsellor with trauma and addiction focus
About Angela
Angela Higgins began her professional path as a befriender in Northern Ireland. She spent years supporting people who faced stress, anxiety, panic attacks and the effects of domestic or sexual abuse. That early work led her to train as a counsellor and build a long career helping others face difficult times.
She holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP, and has around 25 years of experience in the field.
Background and approach
Much of her work has focused on addictions, and she spent a decade supporting people with substance problems, including four years working in a local prison setting. She has also worked with panic, depression, agoraphobia and trauma-related issues. Angela practices in a person-centred way, using empathy and genuine engagement as the foundation of sessions.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. She draws on other approaches when they suit a person’s needs. In the last decade she has explored complementary practices such as Reiki, sound healing, reflexology and Indian head massage.
These interests inform her wider view of wellbeing and how to support someone’s coping and recovery beyond talking alone. Sessions are practical and grounded. Angela aims to help people identify manageable steps, build coping skills and address immediate concerns like sleep, eating, mood or workplace stress.
She works alongside each person to set realistic goals and adjust the approach as needed.
What Angela works with
How Angela works
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Sessions & fees
How Angela's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of sessions. The therapist offers empathy, acceptance and openness while helping the client clarify what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs to feel understood and build trust before making changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns. It uses practical exercises and manageable steps to change thinking and behaviour, which can help with anxiety, depression, panic and sleep problems.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Angela will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and suggest options that fit each person. She adapts methods over time so the work matches progress and changing priorities.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people write out thoughts, use messaging between sessions or choose a format that suits a busy schedule.
These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can work effectively through these formats while supporting the same therapeutic aims as in-person work.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
