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Email: therapy@abigailpeck.com

Phone: 231.442.0887

Fax: 231.220.9820

Office Location: 3301 Veterans Drive Ste 106, Traverse City, Michigan, 49684

Clientele – Abby works with persons 18+ experiencing a variety of clinical needs including: anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, ADHD, impacts of trauma including PTSD, and adjustments to life transitions. An important priority for Abby is providing a safe therapeutic space for all of her clients, particularly any marginalized persons seeking mental health treatment.

About Abby

Education and Credentials: Abby obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Ferris State University, completing her Master of Social Work (MSW) in 2018. She is a Licensed Clinical Master Social Worker (LMSW-C) in the State of Michigan.

Therapeutic Approach:

1. Person-centered – Abby understands that each person is unique in their therapeutic needs and preferences. It is of the utmost importance to her to understand and provide services aligned with your specific needs and preferences.
2. Trauma-informed – Abby recognizes the pervasive nature of trauma in our world and how trauma’s impact can vary from person to person. Individuals can present with a range of symptoms following a traumatic event or consistent traumatic occurrences over an extended period, which is often referred to as complex trauma. Only some of these symptoms are included in the diagnosis of PTSD. (van der Kolk, 2000). It is Abby’s aim to provide a therapeutic environment fostering safety, trustworthiness and transparency, regardless of what a person’s diagnosis might be.
3. Open-Minded – Abby adopts an open-minded approach to life, as well as her therapeutic practice. The last thing someone should have to worry about when working with a therapist is feeling judged or made to feel ashamed. We are all doing the best we can in this life.
4. DBT-informed – Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) operates “within an overarching dialectical worldview that emphasizes the synthesis of opposites” (Dimeff & Linehan, 2001). What this means is that two seemingly opposing things [thoughts, emotions, ideas, etc] can both be true at the same time. In DBT the primary dialectical situation being approached is balancing acceptance AND change. Abby aims to utilize language incorporating this dialectical world view. For instance rather than stating, “I accept I am this way, BUT I want to change,” one would state “I accept that I am this way, AND I want to change.“

Relevant Clinical Training and Experience:

Abby has worked as a psychotherapist since 2019 and has experience working in both private practice and community mental health settings. She is a trained provider of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and offers DBT-informed therapy within her practice. This means she is able to provide DBT skills training in sessions, supporting DBT skills acquisition and generalization. However, a full DBT program (including group sessions and phone coaching, etc) is not available at this time. Additionally, Abby has training in motivational interviewing, TF-CBT, and trauma-informed approaches for substance use-disorder.

Additional Tid-Bits:

Abby is a Reiki Master and incorporates this practice into her daily life. She enjoys spending time with family, cooking, gardening, being near bodies of water. Abby considers herself a life-long learner and loves diving into learning about often niche subjects.

Patient Portal access for existing clients:

https://app.therapymate.com/patient/sign_in

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Sources

Bessel van der Kolk (2000) Posttraumatic stress disorder and the nature of trauma, Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 2:1, 7-22, DOI: 10.31887/DCNS.2000.2.1/bvdkolk

Dimeff, L., & Linehan, M. M. (2001). Dialectical behavior therapy in a nutshell. The California Psychologist, 34(3), 10-13.

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