About Todd
Todd Abraham is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia with nine years of practice. He offers a calm, straightforward style that aims to help people manage everyday struggles. He works with concerns like anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem, and addiction.
Parents reading this on a phone will find short, direct explanations and a practical focus. Todd uses clear, action-focused methods in sessions. He often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood.
Background and approach
He also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change, especially around drug and alcohol use or financial stress. Sessions are collaborative. Todd listens first, then helps set small, concrete goals.
He tailors conversations and plans to what each person needs and can manage in daily life. That can mean brief exercises between sessions or step-by-step plans for coping with a phobia or social anxiety. His background includes work with mood disorders, substance concerns, and stress related to life transitions.
He keeps language plain and avoids clinical jargon. Many people come for help with panic, specific fears, social phobia, or problems tied to money and addiction. Todd aims to make the first step easier.
He offers a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere and focuses on practical strategies people can use right away. If someone wants steady, goal-oriented support, he helps them find a clear path forward.
How Todd Uses CBT and Motivational Interviewing Online
Todd uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts affect feelings and behavior, then practice small changes. CBT is useful for worries, panic, phobias, and low mood because it focuses on doable skills and short exercises.He also applies Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change, especially around drug or alcohol use and money problems. This approach is conversational and aims to build motivation rather than push for immediate action.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Todd will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then choose techniques together. That makes therapy a team effort and helps tailor the plan to real life needs.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets for face-to-face conversation and teaching exercises, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for short check-ins, and messaging works for brief updates or reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between appointments.
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- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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