Resources
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.
Meet Bobby Jessup
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 done therapy. He likes treating patients with anxiety because he...
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 mention your parents, your...
Meet Amy Elliott
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 life, your social life, your exercise life, your...
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. You keep getting sucked under. It’s hard to find...
Meet ABT Counselor Darnell Barnes
ABT's Darnell Barnes has been in practice for over 25 years. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor. Barnes says, "I enjoy working with my patients because I see them improve so much. Just talking about it, and accepting...
COVID-19 Stressing You Out 2
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 increases in mental health issues...