Abigail Buteau, LCSW

Abigail Buteau is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with five years of clinical experience. Her work spans a range of settings and populations, including individuals facing major mental health concerns, substance use challenges, and dual diagnoses. She has supported children and families from the foster care system who have experienced abuse, abandonment, neglect, and complex trauma, and she has helped families navigate adoption-related challenges.

Abigail has also worked with older adults and their families on end-of-life decision making and coping with serious illness. Her clinical focus includes trauma and abuse, parenting, stress and anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar disorder, depression, and coping with life changes. She also addresses compassion fatigue and caregiver stress, as well as a variety of family and communication concerns.

Her counseling style emphasizes partnership and client leadership. Abigail uses a solution-focused approach while allowing each person to guide the direction of sessions, and she integrates client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and trauma-focused techniques as appropriate. She aims to create a collaborative therapeutic environment that helps clients identify practical strategies and move toward their goals.