About Abigail Robinson, Registered Psychotherapist #008588

Since beginning her psychotherapy practice in 2018, Abigail has built over 10 years of experience in community mental health and supportive care settings. Her background includes crisis response, residential mental health, developmental services, and trauma-informed support, all of which continue to shape the compassionate and grounded approach she brings to therapy.

Abigail has experience supporting individuals navigating anxiety, emotional overwhelm, complex mental health challenges, developmental disabilities, dual diagnoses, acquired brain injuries, and life transitions. Her work has included crisis intervention, emotional regulation support, safety planning, behavioural support, and person-centred care across phone, text-based, and in-person settings.

This foundation allows Abigail to approach therapy with both clinical insight and genuine empathy, particularly when supporting individuals and couples navigating caregiving roles, mental health concerns, and systems of care.

Abigail works with individuals and couples experiencing a wide range of emotional, relational, and life challenges. Her areas of focus include:

• Couples therapy and relationship challenges 
• Sex and intimacy concerns, including fear of intimacy and emotional disconnection 
• Grief and loss, including anticipatory grief 
• Perinatal and postpartum support 
• Infertility and fertility-related stress 
• Anxiety, panic, and ongoing worry 
• Self-esteem, perfectionism, and people-pleasing patterns 
• Stress, burnout, and emotional overwhelm 
• Life transitions, including empty nest transitions and major life changes 
• Parenting support and family conflict 
• Divorce and separation support 
• Attachment wounds and relational patterns 
• Communication challenges in relationships 
• Feeling stuck or emotionally blocked 
• Processing adverse or difficult life experiences 
• Spirituality and meaning-making 
• Peer and relationship difficulties 
• Personal growth, insight, and increased self-awareness 
• Building emotional intelligence and emotional regulation skills 
• Caregiver stress and support

Abigail’s approach to therapy is collaborative, thoughtful, and tailored to each person’s unique experiences, needs, and goals. She believes therapy should feel supportive, genuine, and personalized rather than clinical or one-size-fits-all.

Many people describe intellectually knowing something, yet not fully feeling or believing it emotionally. Abigail’s work focuses on helping the head and heart align, creating space to better understand emotions, lessen internal conflict, and move toward greater self-compassion and clarity.

In session, you are welcomed exactly as you are. There is space to laugh, cry, reflect, and explore your experiences without judgement. Abigail is not a stone-faced therapist; she brings warmth, personality, authenticity, and humanness into the room so the therapeutic relationship feels connected, comfortable, and real.

Drawing from a variety of evidence-based and insight-oriented approaches, sessions are thoughtfully tailored to meet your unique needs and experiences. Modalities that inform Abigail’s work may include:

• Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Mindfulness-Based Therapies
• Attachment-Based Therapies
• Person-Centred Therapy
• Internal Family Systems (IFS).

Her style is compassionate, grounded, and down-to-earth, with a focus on helping people feel heard, supported, and empowered throughout their healing journey.

Abigail has a master's degree in counseling psychology from Yorkville University. Continuing Education has included (but not limited to):

• Missing Stage of Grief Clinical Strategies to Overcome Anxiety 
• How To Work with Clients Who Struggle with an Inner Critic 
• PAIL Network Communication after Pregnancy/Infant Loss
• What's Sex Expanding - Exploring Therapeutic Comfort Zones
• Integrative Sex and Couples Certification Training
• Treat Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Premenstrual Syndrome & Emotional-Dysregulation with DBT & CBT 
• Perinatal Loss: An Attachment Informed Treatment Framework for Helping Clients Process and Heal from Pregnancy Loss 
• Postpartum Depression & Related Disorders 
• Clinical Applications of Internal Family Systems
• Emotion Focused Therapy Core Skills
• Emotion Focused Therapy for Gay Couples
• Motivational Interviewing
• Emotion Focused Therapy Externship
• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 
• Cognitive Processing Therapy
• Domestic Violence Risk Assessment and Management
• Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Violence