Abraham Knowles - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

Accepting new clients

25 years experience | Intl Clients Welcome

About Abraham Knowles

Hello! My name is Abraham Knowles and am a licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years of experience in Florida. I earned my Master’s degrees in Social Work and Public Health from the University of South Florida in 1995. I have since worked as a school social worker and also have worked in a variety of other fields including community mental health, substance abuse, and home health.

I have worked with clients in a variety of modalities including individual, group, and family counseling as well as case management. I draw from a variety of counseling approaches but mostly cognitive behavioral and humanistic/ client centered therapies. I have helped clients with many presenting problems, especially depression, anxiety, and trauma.

Outside of my work as a therapist/ social worker, I enjoy reading, movies, and theater as well as spending time with my wife (married 31 years) son (25), daughter (21), and grandson (4) at their various activities. I have been a volunteer with my church’s youth group for over 20 years.

It takes courage to seek support to work through difficult issues and I’m proud of you for taking that first, very important step. I love listening to and supporting people through difficult circumstances and working with them to develop and implement a plan for improvement. I would love to work with you to provide support and assistance as you work toward symptom reduction, confidence, improved relationships, life purpose, and positive change.

Licenses

LCSW

SW5307

Professional experience

Addictions
ADHD
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Compassion fatigue
Coping with life changes
Depression
Eating disorders
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
LGBT
Parenting issues
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Sleeping disorders
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

Abandonment
Communication problems
Dissociation
Emptiness
Family problems
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Self-harm
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

Client-Centered Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Motivational Interviewing
Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

English

15 Reviews

“Abraham is a caring and skilled clinician. I appreciate the support that he’s offered to me for the past year and a half after the loss of a loved one.”

“Abraham takes a very caring approach to his treatment. He is supportive, knowledgeable, and very professional in the delivery.”

“He really helped me with my son and support him. Very grateful to Abraham.”

“Abraham is professional, knowledgeable, informative and caring. I have worked with a number of therapists over the years and he stands out as exceptional.”

“I have been very impressed with Abraham's help and with his listening and care, as well as his timely response and using several methods in order to support me. I would highly recommend him as a therapist and think that he has been able to help identify some issues that I need to work on and really provide different ways and modalities to work through them. I think you would be very pleased to work with him. Best of luck in your journey.”

“He is SO PROFESSIONAL! SOMETIMES I think he cares more about me than I do. He's really helped me get into the process. He's wondeful”

“Amazing therapist for my son. I see and feel a huge difference. I and my son have came along way since he’s been attending sessions with Mr. Knowles.”

“Abraham has helped my son a lot and has changed him to be more confident. He was a great support to my son. I really recommend him.”

“Thank you so so much Abraham, you are making such a difference in my son's life!”

“Abraham is very professional, bonded well with our teen.<br /> He is very patient with all of us at our monthly parent/child meeting.<br /> <br /> Highly recommend Abraham.”

“Lovely, professional and well prepared therapist. Would easily recommend.”

“He is a great listener and responds to messages in very timely manner. Abraham also do a very good job checking on how everything is going with me.”

“He listens and he has helped through this rough time.”

“A very kind, capable and respectful therapist. Could only recommend!”

“Still getting to know him and BetterHelp as well, but I have the impression that he and the platform does a great job. Abraham is very willing to listen and reads all my texts. He is empathetic and non-judgmental in the way he doesn’t beat me down over my problems I share with him. I feel very safe sharing my thoughts with him knowing that honesty is key.”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.