Destinee Abrego, LPC

Destinee Abrego is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 18 years of experience. She focuses on building a strong therapeutic relationship and helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addiction concerns, and midlife transitions. Her approach centers on listening first and working together to set clear, achievable goals.

She uses client-centered methods to make sessions practical and respectful of each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) are part of her toolbox when helpful, along with mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques. Sessions concentrate on skills people can use between meetings to manage mood, cravings, or difficult conversations.

Destinee draws on experience with many issues, including abandonment, attachment concerns, communication problems, codependency, commitment worries, chronic pain and illness, substance use, and family problems. She also supports people exploring identity and alternative sexual cultures, and helps those navigating separation or domestic violence effects. The work is paced by each person's goals and readiness.

In therapy she emphasizes strengths, practical steps, and collaboration. Clients can expect straightforward discussions that focus on what matters most to them. She encourages people to try small changes and track what helps.

To begin, she asks people to explain their main concern and what they hope will change. From there she helps set short-term goals and realistic steps toward them.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and building trust. The therapist follows the person's lead, helping them name goals and identify their own strengths to reach those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds specific coping skills for intense emotions and relationship difficulties, helping people manage strong feelings and improve communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods to try first and adjusts based on what works. That teamwork helps tailor sessions to real-life needs and preferences rather than fitting people into a single model.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how meetings will be scheduled. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when helpful, and reduce travel time. It can also make it simpler to continue steady work during life changes, since sessions can be arranged to match shifting schedules and responsibilities.