Dr. Arkaya "Kady" Williams-Abbott
Compassionate, experienced therapist focused on clarity
LPC Alabama
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Addictions, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Arkaya
Dr. Arkaya "Kady" Williams-Abbott brings three decades of clinical experience to her practice as an LPC in Alabama.
Background and approach
She is known professionally as Kady and has long worked with adults facing substance use disorders and serious mental health concerns, alongside a broad range of relationship and life-transition challenges. Her background includes a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Auburn University and a Master’s in Counseling from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Kady favors a client-centered stance, combining Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Motivational Interviewing and other interventions to address issues like depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, anger, intimacy-related struggles, and workplace or midlife stressors. She also attends to attachment and communication difficulties, dissociation, domestic violence, and related concerns.
Her style emphasizes collaboration, practical tools, and helping clients clarify the problems that feel most pressing. Clients looking for flexible access to care can work with her via multiple online formats.
She frames therapy as a thoughtful, intentional step toward clearer thinking and improved coping, and she encourages people to consider counseling as an investment in their well-being.
Approaches that guide online care
Dr. Arkaya "Kady" Williams-Abbott integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing into her online practice. CBT helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical skills for managing depression, anxiety, and stress. Motivational Interviewing focuses on exploring ambivalence and strengthening personal motivation for change, which is often useful for substance use concerns and behavior change.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Kady works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She blends client-centered principles with these techniques so clients can shape the pace and focus of work together with a licensed professional.
Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access consistent care while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow clients to engage in therapy using the communication method that feels most helpful to them.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
Alabama
Languages
English