About Us
ABC Counseling is a San Antonio-based therapy practice providing support for anxiety, trauma, relationships, and life transitions. We work with children, teens, and adults to create real, lasting change through personalized, evidence-based care.
Our Approach
We believe therapy should be:
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Compassionate
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Evidence-based
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Personalized
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Grounded in real-life change
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We aim to create a space where:
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You feel safe being fully yourself
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Your experiences are respected
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Growth happens at your pace
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Our Story
ABC Counseling began in 2018 with a simple but meaningful idea: therapy should feel more human, more inclusive, and more accessible.
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The seeds of the practice were planted when three interns met at the Rape Crisis Center and quickly realized they shared a passion for serving communities that are too often overlooked or underserved in mental health care—not only in San Antonio, but across Texas.
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As the years went on, each of them grew in different professional settings, learning from different communities, treatment approaches, and experiences. But the heart of the vision stayed the same: to create a practice where people could feel truly seen, supported, and accepted without having to shrink themselves to fit someone else’s idea of who they should be.​
That vision eventually became ABC Counseling.​
After years of training, collaboration, and learning what it takes to build a meaningful group practice, ABC Counseling officially came to life. While the practice began with three founding voices, today it is co-owned and led by Kelly Clarke and Margaret Bean, who continue to shape the practice around the values it was built on: inclusivity, authenticity, connection, and care.
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And the name? That came together in one of those unexpectedly perfect moments. After days of trying to come up with something meaningful, a simple suggestion landed: ABC Counseling. It was personal, it fit, and it stuck.
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Today, ABC Counseling continues to grow as a space for outsiders, overthinkers, deep feelers, and people doing their best to navigate a complicated world.
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We built this space for you.
Inclusive & Affirming Care
We are committed to creating a safe, affirming space for all identities, including LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and culturally diverse clients.
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We understand that your identity, experiences, and relationships shape how you move through the world—and therapy should honor that, not ignore it.
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Our therapists provide care that is:
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Identity-affirming and nonjudgmental
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Respectful of your lived experiences and values
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Inclusive of diverse relationships, cultures, and ways of being​
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You don’t have to explain or defend who you are here—you get to show up as your full self.
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