Therapist in Columbia, South Carolina Abigail Lust, Therapist
Gender Identity: Female (She/Her)
Ages Served: 0-75+
Appointments: In-office and Online
Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only
Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans
Abigail Lust, LISW-CP
Specializes In:
Abigail Lust, LISW-CP, helps individuals, couples, and families build stability, resilience, and meaningful change through compassionate, evidence-based mental health care. She supports patients across South Carolina who are navigating emotional distress, relationship challenges, and life transitions, offering therapy that is both clinically grounded and deeply person-centered. Her approach emphasizes collaboration, meeting each patient where they are while creating a safe space for healing and growth. Abigail is especially passionate about working with trauma-related concerns and anxiety that interfere with daily functioning, relationships, and self-worth. She has extensive experience helping patients process traumatic experiences, manage overwhelming emotions, and regain a sense of control and calm. Using structured yet flexible strategies, she supports individuals facing PTSD, chronic anxiety, and stress-related symptoms while helping them build practical coping skills that promote long-term emotional wellness. She provides care for children, adolescents, teens, and adults, and offers Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy, and Family Therapy. Her clinical interests include anxiety disorders, PTSD and trauma-related conditions, and ADHD, while also addressing additional mental health concerns as needed. Her therapeutic approach may include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Family Therapy, integrated thoughtfully to match each patient’s needs. Outside of therapy, Abigail enjoys going to the gym, exercising, spending time with her family, knitting, baking, and cooking.
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Individual Therapy: Ages 6-74
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-75+
- Family Therapy: Ages 0-74
Areas of Focus
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- ADHD
- Attention & focus
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Other women's health concerns
- PMS & PMDD
- Adoption & foster care
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Autism: generally independent
- Autism: requires some assistance
- Autism: requires substantial support
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Chronic pain-related issues
- Dementia & memory issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Detachment/disconnection
- Dissociative disorders
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- Eating issues: food deprivation
- Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
- Emotional abuse
- Empty nesters
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- First responder stress
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hallucinations
- Hoarding
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intellectual challenges: generally independent
- Intellectual challenges: requires some assistance
- Intellectual challenges: requires substantial support
- Intense mood changes
- Learning challenges
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Men's health/issues
- Military & veteran
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Psychosis/issues with reality
- Racial identity
- Religion & spirituality
- Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
- School avoidance
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unhealthy eating habits
- Unusual thoughts or beliefs
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- First responder stress
- Military & veteran
- Social skills & communication
- Ability status
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Chronic pain-related issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Empty nesters
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hallucinations
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Men's health/issues
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Psychosis/issues with reality
- Racial identity
- Religion & spirituality
- Retirement
- Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social injustice
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unusual thoughts or beliefs
Family Therapy
Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.
- Caregiving
- Ability status
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Autism: generally independent
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Chronic pain-related issues
- Dementia & memory issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Emotional abuse
- Empty nesters
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- First responder stress
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Hallucinations
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intellectual challenges: generally independent
- Intense mood changes
- Learning challenges
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Men's health/issues
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Military & veteran
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Psychosis/issues with reality
- Racial identity
- Religion & spirituality
- Retirement
- Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
- School avoidance
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sexual trauma
- Social injustice
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unusual thoughts or beliefs
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Companion Benefit (BCBS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Promise Health Plan (Prisma)
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare East (Humana Military)
Languages
- English
Education
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Campbellsville University
FAQs
Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Abigail Lust. You can also call 839-746-6262 to have someone assist you.
Abigail Lust generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 839-746-6262 to find out Abigail Lust's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Abigail Lust:
- Aetna
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Companion Benefit (BCBS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Promise Health Plan (Prisma)
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare East (Humana Military)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 839-746-6262 to see how we can help.
Abigail Lust is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Abigail Lust works at:
Yes, Abigail Lust does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Abigail Lust is currently offering in-office visits at the following location: