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Abigail Cruse, BACP

Abigail Cruse is a counsellor who blends trauma-focused and depth-oriented approaches with practical support.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
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About Abigail

Abigail Cruse is a counsellor who blends trauma-focused and depth-oriented approaches with practical support. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and brings four years of professional experience. Abigail aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.

She helps people with stress and anxiety, grief and bereavement, and coping with addictions. Relationship concerns, intimacy-related worries, and family problems are also within her focus.

Background and approach

Abigail works with people dealing with trauma and abuse, along with mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar issues. Her work uses a mix of trauma-focused therapy, Jungian ideas about meaning and symbols, and mindfulness and body-based techniques.

Sessions often involve noticing how feelings show up in the body, exploring difficult memories at a careful pace, and using present-moment awareness to reduce distress. Conversations are plain and direct, without jargon. Abigail pays attention to patterns such as attachment wounds, abandonment, codependency and communication problems.

She also supports people facing separation, infidelity, fertility struggles, and the emotional fallout of family of origin issues. Practical concerns like sleep, eating, career stress and coping with change are addressed too. In session she aims to create an open, non-judging space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through.

The focus is collaborative - identifying small changes that help day-to-day life while also tending to deeper emotional material. Abigail offers online sessions in English for people in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	400621	April 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

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Ways of working Abigail names

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How therapeutic approaches adapt to online care

Trauma-focused therapy in Abigail's work means carefully attending to difficult memories and reactions, moving at a pace that the person feels able to manage while using grounding and regulation strategies. This approach helps when past harm continues to affect daily life and relationships.

Existential and Jungian-influenced work looks at meaning, values and symbolic material in a person's life. These approaches can help when someone feels stuck, empty, or unsure about purpose and identity, and they invite reflection on personal choices and narratives.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Abigail treats assessment as collaborative and will discuss how trauma-focused, existential or somatic practices might suit the person's situation. Together they will try out methods and adapt them to goals, preferences and practical needs.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when being on camera is difficult, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing written work. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments or travel, and they let people try different formats to see what helps most.

Frequently asked

What concerns can Abigail help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, and mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar concerns.

What is Abigail's therapeutic style?

Her style mixes trauma-focused work with Jungian and mindfulness ideas and somatic techniques. Sessions combine present-moment awareness, body-based noticing and reflective conversation.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Abigail has four years of experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She accepts international clients and offers sessions to people outside the United Kingdom.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are fees and starting steps arranged?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.