Abani Dhewajoo

Abani Dhewajoo is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage anger, stress, anxiety, trauma, and shifts in life circumstances. She speaks plainly and focuses on building practical skills people can use between sessions. Abani aims to help clients feel more steady, more in control, and clearer about their next steps.

She brings six years of therapist experience and a longer history as a social worker. Her style is warm and interactive. She uses a strength-based perspective that avoids stigmatizing labels and treats each person with respect and compassion.

In sessions she draws from several approaches and tailors the plan to what each person needs. That can mean practicing new ways to notice thoughts, trying skills for handling intense moments, or talking through how past relationships affect present feelings. Abani centers the person's own goals and preferences when choosing next steps.

She encourages small, doable changes that add up over time. People who come with concerns about self-esteem, motivation, or coping after big life changes will find concrete ideas to try at home. Abani also supports clients dealing with adoption and foster care issues, communication problems, domestic violence histories, and multicultural concerns.

Her background includes work with pregnancy and childbirth concerns, guilt and shame, impulsivity, life purpose, and women's issues. Abani invites people to take the first step and says seeking help is an act of courage.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Abani often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT can help with anger, anxiety, and stress by teaching practical skills and tools to try between sessions.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy, a skills-based approach that teaches emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT-style skills are useful when emotions feel intense or impulsive and someone wants clear, repeatable strategies.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Abani tailors sessions to each person's goals and preferences and will adjust methods as progress unfolds. She sees clients as experts in their own stories and works together with them to pick the best tools for change.

The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find it convenient to practice skills between scheduled visits and bring questions back to the next session for troubleshooting.