Abbey Tulgestke

Abbey Tulgestke is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, and attention concerns. He draws on five years of clinical experience to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to start. Abbey speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone searching for help.

He believes people know their own story and brings a respectful, strengths-focused stance to sessions. Abbey helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck and build small, doable changes that reduce distress. He pays attention to how concentration and memory problems, or ADHD, affect daily tasks and mood.

A common focus is body image and shame linked to eating and food-related issues, along with the anxiety and low self-esteem that often come with those struggles. Abbey also supports people dealing with trauma, panic attacks, and mood disorders by offering steady, solution-oriented guidance. Conversations tend to center on clear goals and immediate skills to manage symptoms.

He works with concerns like relationship communication, abandonment and attachment worries, control issues, and loneliness. Abbey also helps people navigating life transitions such as divorce, pregnancy, or questions about life purpose. Sessions are paced to match each person’s needs and capacity for change.

To get started clients use the site's Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. Abbey practices in Michigan and conducts sessions in English.

How Abbey adapts evidence-based work to online care

This therapist describes using evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions, focusing on clear skills and manageable steps. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches practical ways to reduce anxiety and manage panic attacks, such as breathing exercises and short behavioral experiments. Another approach emphasizes cognitive strategies that help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test more balanced thinking to improve mood and self-esteem.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Abbey will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they bring to sessions. He frames therapy as a shared process where techniques are adjusted over time based on what helps.

Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by avoiding travel time and allowing appointments during work breaks or between errands. It can also let people choose quieter times, use phone-only check-ins when video is difficult, or keep appointments consistent while juggling other responsibilities.