Meet Vinnie Dabney, MS, Resident Counselor ABT’s Vinnie Dabney has a unique perspective as a therapist. He is a recovering addict. Vinnie specializes in working with patients with the following: Borderline Personality disorder, trauma, substance...
FRIDAY REPRINT -- Art Therapy, Healing Emotional Trauma Through Creativity Throughout the journey of our lives, we encounter several kinds of trauma, and store conscious and unconscious pain in our emotional backpack. Art can ease this pain, and through any...
Art Therapy Can Help Have you ever met with a therapist or counselor and you just couldn’t express with words what was in your heart and on your mind? Maybe it had to do with the pain associated with loss and grief? Or the hurt from the abuse?...
Meet Maria Williams, MA ABT Counseling has five offices throughout Southwest Virginia. In the Salem Office, Resident Counselor Maria Williams uses art therapy to help patients work through various life issues, including loss and grief. For more info about...
Want Less Stress and Enhanced Mood? Try Skateboarding. What we can learn from the community around the sport. “This love thy neighbor thing, does it apply to all mankind?” By Michael Freedman, Ph.D. I feel connected to places (in my past) because of...
Anxious? Here's 5 Things to do Right Now Rachel Schallon is a Licensed Family Counselor at ABT Counseling. She sees all kinds of patients but has a special place in her heart for teenaged girls. Whether facing issues of self-esteem, depression, or anxiety,...
Meet Rachel Schallon, LPC ABT’s Rachel Schallon is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She is passionate about working with teenage girls as they struggle with issues of self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. For more info about Rachel, or to schedule an...
FRIDAY REPRINT -- 5 Perks of OBOT Treatment with Suboxone has been shown to be extremely effective at curbing cravings, reducing illegal activity, and helping people overcome their addiction to opioids. Suboxone is a combination of two medications –...
ABT Counseling Offers Opioid Treatment with Suboxone ABT Counseling has invested significantly in the opioid crisis. The counseling practice now has a staff of seven who are working to meet the substance abuse needs of Southwest Virginia through an...
Meet Angela Vaselaros, MA ABT has a team of counselors and medical staff who specialize in Office-Based Opioid Treatment. One of the resident counselors on that team is Angela Vaselaros. In this conversation, she talks about treating a patient with...