Destinee Abrego, LPC
Experienced Texas LPC supporting healing and growth
- 18 years experience
- Trauma and addiction
- LGBT and relationships
About Destinee Abrego
Destinee Abrego is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor in Texas with 18 years of experience helping children, adolescents, and adults navigate a wide range of challenges. Her work spans depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, anger, LGBT-related concerns, and adjustment difficulties, and she has supported clients across diverse life stages and circumstances.
She approaches therapy with an emphasis on building trust and strong rapport, creating a respectful and nonjudgmental space where people can explore their strengths and goals. Abrego practices from an eclectic framework, drawing on approaches such as solution-focused work, cognitive behavioral techniques, narrative perspectives, attachment-informed practices, mindfulness, and client-centered methods to tailor care to each person’s needs.
Clients can expect a strengths-based partnership in which the therapist and client collaborate to set attainable goals. Abrego emphasizes the client’s expertise in their own life and works to amplify existing skills while developing new strategies for coping, communication, and emotional regulation. Her style centers on practical, individualized work that supports meaningful change over time.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Abrego brings both clinical experience and supervisory insight to her practice, helping clients move toward clearer direction, improved relationships, and greater emotional stability.
She approaches therapy with an emphasis on building trust and strong rapport, creating a respectful and nonjudgmental space where people can explore their strengths and goals. Abrego practices from an eclectic framework, drawing on approaches such as solution-focused work, cognitive behavioral techniques, narrative perspectives, attachment-informed practices, mindfulness, and client-centered methods to tailor care to each person’s needs.
Clients can expect a strengths-based partnership in which the therapist and client collaborate to set attainable goals. Abrego emphasizes the client’s expertise in their own life and works to amplify existing skills while developing new strategies for coping, communication, and emotional regulation. Her style centers on practical, individualized work that supports meaningful change over time.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Abrego brings both clinical experience and supervisory insight to her practice, helping clients move toward clearer direction, improved relationships, and greater emotional stability.
Areas of Expertise
Primary Focus
Additional Focus Areas
AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issues
Therapeutic Approach
Client-Centered Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Mindfulness Therapy Motivational Interviewing Narrative Therapy Solution-Focused Therapy Trauma-Focused Therapy
Frequently Asked Questions
How much experience does Destinee Abrego have?
Destinee Abrego has 18 years of experience.
Is Destinee Abrego a licensed therapist?
Yes, she holds the credential LPC. License details: TX LPC 60189.
In which languages does Destinee Abrego provide therapy?
She provides therapy in English.
Where is Destinee Abrego located?
She is located in Texas.
How can I work with Destinee Abrego as my therapist?
You can work with Destinee Abrego through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Does Destinee Abrego work with international clients?
Destinee Abrego does not currently work with international clients.
How much does therapy with Destinee Abrego cost?
The cost of therapy can vary depending on factors such as your location and the therapist's availability. Sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time, for any reason. For current details, click the "Start Therapy" button on this page.
How can I get started with therapy?
Getting started with therapy is quick and straightforward. Click the "Start Therapy" button and complete a short questionnaire that helps match you with your therapist. Depending on availability, you can then schedule your first session, which may take place by phone, video call, live chat, or in-app messaging.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Client-centered therapy focuses on creating an accepting atmosphere where the client’s priorities lead the work. This approach emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration to help individuals explore values, build self-awareness, and strengthen decision-making skills, which can be useful for relationship challenges, identity questions, and adjustment concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is commonly used to address anxiety, depression, stress, and recurring negative thinking by teaching specific skills for problem solving and emotion regulation.
Mindfulness-based strategies teach attention and awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve emotional balance. These practices can support people coping with chronic stress, grief, mood fluctuations, and persistent worry by fostering present-moment grounding and self-compassion.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Destinee Abrego works collaboratively with each person to blend methods and adapt techniques based on the client’s goals, preferences, and responses to treatment. She aims to tailor the plan so it fits the client’s life and priorities.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules, mobility needs, and communication styles. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to access therapy from familiar environments while working with licensed professionals and therapists committed to supporting progress.