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Carilion Clinic is a healthcare organization specializing in patient-centered care, medical education and clinical research. Carilion Clinic offers various services pertaining to maternity, surgical, pediatric and women. It also offers certain other services such as dermatology, rheumatology, rehabilitation, and heart, lung and vascular infections. The organization has more than 600 physicians and consists of multi-specialty groups as well as eight not-for-profit hospitals. These hospitals include Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital, Carilion New River Valley Medical Center, Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital, Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital, Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital and Bedford Memorial Hospital. In addition, it also has Carilion Foundation, which invests in local programs and projects, targeting basic healthcare, dental care, free clinics, senior services, etc. in western Virginia.

What is Brief Therapy?Brief or solution-focused therapy is a practical, action-oriented approach to solving emotional and behavioral problems. Solution-oriented counseling emphasizes the present: on changing currently held beliefs or attitudes and maladaptive behaviors that cause emotional pain. Solution-focused therapy emphasizes peoples strengths and inner resources, bypasses a lot of analysis and gives people concrete ways of changing their actions and their points of view. Solution-oriented counseling can be applied to many life situations and the results can be rapid, effective and life enhancing. Specialties We Provide children Adults Families Geriatrics. provide services tailored to children, adults, families, and geriatrics. These services include counseling for anger management, depression, grief, sexual abuse, anxiety, panic, and stress. We also provide divorce prevention counseling and mediation as well as counseling for marital and blended family issues. Treatment for child and adult ADD/ADHD and alcohol and substance abuse is also available. Counseling is offered using both traditional or Christian therapy methods.Evening appointments are available for your convenience. We also provide insurance filing, courtesy calls to confirm your appointments, and a free initial telephone consultation. Who We Are associates in Brief Therapy (ABT) is a private outpatient mental health practice dedicated to helping clients overcome emotional problems using counseling techniques which promote more rapid recovery than traditional psychodynamic or non-directive therapy