About Abbey
Abbey Tulgestke is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who uses evidence-based techniques to help people manage anxiety and stress. He keeps sessions straightforward and focused on practical steps that can be used between appointments. Abbey believes people bring useful strengths to the work and builds on those abilities.
He aims to make starting therapy feel like a manageable step rather than a leap. With five years of professional experience, Abbey has worked with issues such as trauma and abuse, depression, and attention difficulties like ADHD.
Background and approach
He also supports people facing relationship challenges, problems with trust or abandonment, and struggles with self-worth and body image. He helps people who deal with panic attacks, mood concerns, and the emotional impact of separation or pregnancy and childbirth. In session Abbey listens for patterns that keep problems cycling and offers clear strategies to change them.
He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person’s situation. Sessions often include practice tasks and simple routines to try between meetings. Abbey speaks English and provides care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and therapy is delivered via a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button and completes a short matching questionnaire before scheduling. He emphasizes collaboration and steady progress.
Abbey encourages small, consistent changes and checks in on what’s working. The focus is on skills that help reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning.
Evidence-based approaches and online flexibility
Abbey uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on concrete skills and coping strategies. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches practical tools for managing anxiety and panic such as breathing techniques, grounding exercises, and stepwise exposure to feared situations. This approach helps reduce avoidance and builds confidence through gradual practice.Another approach centers on processing trauma and difficult experiences in a paced way so memories and reactions feel less overwhelming. This involves stabilizing skills first, then working through distressing memories with attention to safety and tolerable pacing. It can help with panic, post-traumatic stress, and the lasting impacts of abuse.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Abbey collaborates with each person to choose and adjust methods based on their goals, daily demands, and what feels doable. He checks in regularly and changes course when something isn’t helping.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction when that’s helpful. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or a way to speak when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow ongoing support and smaller, frequent check-ins between scheduled appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, childcare, and other life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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