Destinee Abrego

Destinee Abrego is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, LGBT concerns, and depression. She also addresses related issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, communication problems, and substance use.

Her approach begins with building a trusting therapeutic relationship. She uses client-centered methods that focus on the person's strengths and choices. Sessions include practical strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when helpful.

Destinee also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support clearer thinking and commitment to change. She aims to help people notice patterns, weigh options, and practice small shifts that add up. She frames goals collaboratively and checks in on progress.

She has worked across settings with school-aged children, adolescents, and adults, and brings that breadth to sessions with adults who feel stuck or uncertain about next steps. Her style is direct and grounded, focusing on what can be changed now.

People who schedule a first meeting can expect focused conversation about their priorities and a plan for next steps. She asks about strengths, barriers, and practical routines that affect daily life. The emphasis is on clear, manageable steps toward the goals the person defines.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and working from the person's own goals. In sessions she pays attention to what matters most to the client and uses those priorities to shape plans and next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. She uses CBT techniques to help people test unhelpful thoughts and try behavioral experiments that can change daily patterns.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. Skills from DBT are useful for stress, relationship problems, and impulse control issues.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will partner with the client to decide which methods fit best, adapting techniques to the person's goals, preferences, and current situation. That collaborative process includes checking what helps and what needs adjusting.

The original profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, or choose a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. Many people find that remote sessions support consistent practice of CBT exercises and DBT skills between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt materials and homework to the way each person prefers to work.