Abby Rounding, BACP

Abby Rounding is a counsellor who focuses on helping people through stressful life changes and midlife challenges. She talks with clients about confidence, relationships and coping with anxiety or low mood. Abby aims to create a calm, honest space where people can say what they are feeling and begin to make changes that matter.

Abby draws on a mix of approaches depending on what each person needs. She uses elements from cognitive behavioural therapy, psychodynamic ideas and attachment-based thinking to look at how past experiences shape present behaviour. She also brings in mindfulness-style practices when helpful to calm the mind and build awareness.

Sessions often explore early experiences of care and how those shape current relationships and self-worth. Abby describes the therapeutic bond as central and spends time building trust so deeper material can be looked at safely. Practical tools such as worksheets and behavioural experiments are offered when clients want clear steps to change repetitive patterns.

Work may include focusing on communication skills, tackling perfectionism and control issues, or addressing feelings of emptiness and isolation. Abby helps people consider life purpose, body image concerns and the emotional fallout of separation and family difficulties.

First sessions are usually an introduction where details, assessments and goals are discussed. Abby keeps sessions client-led while offering structure and guidance from her three years of practice and her registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

How Abby’s approaches translate to online counselling

Abby works from a mix of approaches that suit many common concerns. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps with trust, connection and relationship difficulties. Client-centred therapy focuses on the therapeutic relationship itself - the counsellor listens without judgement and helps people find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers practical, problem-solving techniques to break unhelpful thinking and behaviour cycles and can be useful for anxiety, low mood and repetitive patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Abby will discuss what feels most helpful and will adapt methods to a person’s goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where the client and counsellor decide together how to proceed.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as they are not specified here. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel, allowing a shorter check-in between commitments, or choosing not to be on camera some weeks. Abby can combine practical exercises, worksheets and reflective conversation so therapy fits into everyday routines while addressing relationship, confidence and midlife concerns.