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ABT Counseling is committed to your good mental health. You’ll find below recent articles posted by our staff on mental health topics such as marriage and family, anxiety, depression, and addiction.
Like this stream at Roaring Run Furnace, getting the right information about your healthcare situation offers life. Keep checking back here often for updated articles that may complement your counselor’s practical advice.
Art Therapy Can Help When Words are Missing
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? ABT's Resident Counselor Maria Williams is...
Meet Maria Williams
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 Maria, or to schedule an...
Feeling Anxious? Here’s Five 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, Rachel recommends a simple mental exercise to...
Meet Rachel Schallon
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 appointment, click here.
Office-Based 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 Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) program. The medical and therapist...
Meet Angela Vaselaros
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 depression, which is not uncommon among...