- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Abigail
Abigail Buteau is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida. She brings five years of clinical experience focused on supporting people through trauma, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Abigail uses a collaborative style and centers each session on the concerns the person brings.
Her work has included supporting people affected by abuse, abandonment, and complex trauma. She has experience with adoption and foster care issues and with families navigating end-of-life decisions and hospice-related concerns.
Background and approach
That background shapes how she talks about grief and caregiving stress. Abigail leans on solution-focused methods while keeping the conversation led by the client. She also incorporates client-centered care and trauma-focused techniques when needed.
Sessions tend to aim at practical steps and clearer choices rather than long, abstract analysis. Parents often seek her help with communication problems, blended family stress, fertility worries, and everyday parenting strain. She also addresses relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, and issues like codependency or forgiveness that affect family life.
People can expect short-term problem solving alongside space to process bigger losses and trauma. Abigail offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging options to fit different schedules and needs. She works in English and practices in Florida as an LCSW.
What Abigail works with
Everything Abigail lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Abigail helps people with.
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Abigail lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Abigail commonly draws on client-centered therapy and trauma-focused therapy in her online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person’s priorities so sessions reflect what matters most right now. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on addressing past harms and the ways those experiences affect current coping and relationships, which can help with PTSD, complex trauma, and related symptoms.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Abigail discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods based on what feels useful. She aims to blend practical, solution-focused steps with careful attention to trauma when necessary so that treatment fits the client’s pace and needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are good for a face-to-face feel and richer nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter, more frequent touch points and can fit around parenting schedules or work breaks. These options make it easier to continue therapy despite busy days or geographic limits.
Questions people ask about Abigail
What concerns does Abigail commonly address?
She helps with trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, and career concerns, among others.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is collaborative and client-centered with an emphasis on solution-focused work. Sessions aim to identify practical steps while also allowing time to process past trauma.
What is her professional background?
Abigail is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of clinical practice supporting people with trauma, foster care and adoption issues, and end-of-life family concerns.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She practices in Florida and holds the credential LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Can someone work with her in other languages or from other countries?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions run through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a session according to therapist availability.
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