Feeling Anxious? Here’s Five Things to do Right Now

 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

 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...

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....