About Cassandra
Cassandra Abel is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She brings warmth and steady presence to sessions and focuses on practical ways to reduce what feels overwhelming. Cassandra listens closely and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
She takes a whole-person view that connects thoughts, body sensations, and values. Cassandra mixes conversational therapy with mindfulness and movement ideas from her background as a yoga teacher and Zumba instructor.
Background and approach
Sessions are shaped around the client's pace and goals, with an emphasis on clear tools people can use between meetings. Cassandra uses straightforward techniques to address panic attacks, relationship strain, caregiver stress, and addictions alongside mood and attention concerns. She also supports people facing chronic illness, codependency, identity questions, and finding life purpose.
Work often focuses on small steps that build confidence and daily routines that reduce stress. The approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. Cassandra helps clients notice what matters, experiment with new habits, and practice self-compassion.
She aims for sessions that leave people with a little more clarity and a plan for the next step. Based in Wisconsin, Cassandra draws on a mix of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered listening, and elements of dialectical and Jungian ideas. Her goal is to help people reconnect with what matters and create a life that feels more balanced.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments. It is often used for anxiety, panic, and depression and gives concrete skills to change reactions and behaviors.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what they value and take committed action toward those values, even when thoughts and feelings are uncomfortable. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and making lasting behavior changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and life situation. Together they adjust pace and techniques as progress is made.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls let people connect face to face for teaching skills and in-session practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or health needs while still working with licensed professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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