Abigail Buteau, LCSW

Abigail Buteau is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida who brings a compassionate, partnership-based approach to therapeutic work. She has extensive experience supporting people facing major mental health challenges, substance use concerns, and dual diagnoses, and she has worked closely with children and families connected to the foster care system who have faced abuse, abandonment, neglect, and complex trauma. Abigail also supports families navigating adoption-related challenges and has experience assisting older adults and their families with end-of-life decisions and coping with serious illness.

Her practice emphasizes collaboration, allowing clients to lead the direction of sessions while she offers focused, solution-oriented guidance. Abigail aims to create a welcoming therapeutic space in which practical strategies and the client’s own goals guide progress. She combines clinical knowledge with a respectful, strengths-based stance to address issues such as parenting and caregiver stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief and loss, self-esteem, anxiety and depression, and compassion fatigue. As an LCSW - a licensed clinician trained in social work and clinical care - she integrates evidence-informed techniques and a client-centered mindset to help individuals and families find workable paths forward.

Approach-Focused Online Care with a Trauma-Informed Lens

Abigail uses client-centered therapy to place the person seeking help at the heart of the process - this approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration so the client’s values and goals shape each session. It is helpful for people who want a supportive space to explore feelings and make personal changes.

She also brings trauma-focused therapy into work with those who have experienced abuse, neglect, or complex trauma. This method concentrates on understanding the impact of traumatic experiences and building skills to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning, often benefiting clients coping with past hurt or ongoing trauma-related challenges.

In addition, Abigail employs solution-focused techniques that help identify practical steps and small, achievable goals. This approach is useful for clients who want targeted strategies to address specific problems such as parenting challenges, relationship issues, or stress management.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Abigail works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility - sessions can happen by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit care into a busy life, maintain continuity across changes, and access licensed professionals from different locations.