Abigail Thurlow , LPC

Abigail Thurlow is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Connecticut with 13 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, and a wide range of life challenges. Abigail’s tone is direct and compassionate, and she aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable.

She currently provides care in settings that include medication assisted treatment for substance use and private practice sessions. Her background includes several years supporting people in group homes and work within corrections, which informs a practical, down-to-earth approach to care.

In sessions Abigail combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness exercises. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills and motivational interviewing to help people build coping tools and make changes they want to see. The focus is on hands-on skills, clear goals, and steady progress rather than jargon.

Abigail often helps people dealing with grief, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, panic, and the fallout of abuse or trauma. She also supports those navigating aging and geriatric issues, cancer, caregiver stress, and challenges around addiction and recovery.

Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions are meant to be a place to talk honestly, practice new skills, and plan next steps. She invites people to bring what feels most urgent and to work together toward practical change.

How her approaches work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist and emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and partnership. It helps people feel heard and supported while identifying goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Abigail will discuss options and tailor methods to a person's needs, goals, and preferences. She collaborates with clients to pick tools that fit their life and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for longer weekly sessions and skills practice, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging can work for ongoing support between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different lifestyles.