About Abigail
Abigail Kelsey Judge is a licensed professional counselor who brings 15 years of experience to her work in Missouri. She is credentialed as LPC and LCPC and has spent much of her career supporting people through stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and other life shifts. Abigail aims to build rapport fast and focus sessions on practical steps her clients can use right away.
She frames therapy as a team effort where the client's goals lead the way.
Background and approach
Abigail is direct and present in sessions, and she prefers to be purposeful about how time is used. That can mean problem solving a concrete issue, learning new coping skills, or planning next steps after a difficult event. Her background includes individual, group, and family work across different settings.
That range has shaped a flexible approach to problems like depression, trauma, anger, ADHD, and relationship stress. She helps people manage overwhelming feelings and regain steady routines. Abigail draws on client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques.
She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy and the Gottman Method when they fit a person’s needs. Sessions focus on practical strategies, skill practice, and clear goals that match each client's life. She is comfortable supporting issues tied to identity and parenting, and she has worked with people facing substance use and post-traumatic stress.
Abigail welcomes international clients for online work and offers a range of appointment times to fit different schedules.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that match your needs
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's goals. The therapist follows the client's lead, asks clear questions, and responds with empathy to help people name what matters and decide next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches concrete ways to change thoughts and behaviors that keep symptoms like anxiety and depression going. It includes simple exercises and small experiments you can practice between sessions to see what helps.
Dialectical behavior therapy offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving day-to-day coping. It includes techniques for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and better communication when stress is high.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the client's life and adjust the plan if needed.
Online therapy makes those approaches easier to access through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for in-depth sessions and skill demonstrations, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing contact and homework between meetings. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit into busy schedules and varied daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Kansas
- Languages
- English
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