Office-Based Opioid Treatment with Suboxone

 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

 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...

Marriage is Hard Work.

 Marriage is Hard Work ABT Counseling’s Bobby Jessup loves to do marriage counseling. He says that marriages and families are where his heart resonates most for his patients. “I have a strong pro marriage bias and I believe that no effort is to be...

Meet Bobby Jessup

 Meet Bobby Jessup, LPC, LMFT   ABT’s Bobby Jessup is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He’s been in practice here since the late 1990’s. ABT Counseling is the only place where he’s...

Work-Life Balance

 Work-Life Balance How are you at balancing the many demands on your life? We all have them. Your boss asks you to work overtime. Your spouse is pleading with you about going on vacation. Your kids have another game you are expected to attend. Oh, and did we...

Meet Amy Elliott

 Meet Amy Elliott, LPC, LMFT   ABT’s Amy Elliott is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She suggests the key to a healthy mental life is a healthy balanced life… balancing your work life, your home...

Why You Might Want a Therapist

 Why You Might Want a Therapist ABT Counseling’s Darnell Barnes enjoys her work because she gets to watch people change and get healthy. “I often liken therapy to the idea of being in a difficult situation, crossing a river in the middle of rapids....

COVID-19 Stressing You Out 2

 COVID-19 Stressing You Out?    COVID-19 has caused widespread isolation and job loss. Both of those are significant factors in anxiety, depression, stress, and other mental health issues. It may also lead to substance abuse. Numerous studies show...

COVID-19 Stressing You Out?

 COVID-19 Stressing You Out? You Are Not Alone.     COVID-19 has caused widespread isolation and job loss. Both of those are significant factors in anxiety, depression, stress, and other mental health issues. It may also lead to substance abuse....