About Abel
Abel Fernandez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of practice in California. He offers straightforward, practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. He uses clear, goal-focused conversations to help people identify what matters most.
Sessions often include tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to shift unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and stay on track.
How Abel works
Abel works with concerns that include parenting strain, relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, career issues, and adjustment to aging. He also supports people dealing with ADHD, social anxiety, isolation, and multicultural challenges. Thirty years of experience shape a steady, patient style.
He listens for strengths and practical next steps rather than only focusing on problems. Clients can expect a collaborative approach where their priorities guide the work. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. To get started, people follow the site process to match and schedule a time that fits their needs.
Abel lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Abel works with
The areas below are the ones Abel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Practical approaches adapted for online care
Abel uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people change unhelpful thinking and build steady habits. CBT focuses on identifying thinking patterns and testing small changes, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lower reactivity and improve focus.Motivational interviewing is also part of his work and helps people clarify their goals and strengthen motivation. He treats choosing an approach as a team effort - the therapist and client explore what fits the person’s needs, goals, and preferences, then adjust over time based on what helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face interaction, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can support quick check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.
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