About Barbara
Barbara Barr is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. She brings a clinical focus on anxiety, stress, addictions, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and a range of related issues such as parenting and grief. Barbara offers direct, approachable care designed for people who want practical help coping with life's challenges.
Barbara uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to center on clear goals and small, achievable steps. She listens closely and encourages clients to notice patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behavior so they can make steady changes. Her way of working draws on therapies that combine skill building and emotion-focused moments.
That mix helps when people need tools for managing strong feelings and when they want deeper shifts in how they relate to others. Barbara often pairs strategies that teach new coping skills with time to process painful experiences. People come to her for many reasons, including panic, phobias, trauma, relationship trouble, binge eating or substance concerns, and low self-esteem.
She also supports those dealing with life transitions, caregiver strain, and burnout from compassionate work. Sessions are available through online formats including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. The practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling is done after a short matching questionnaire.
How therapy approaches translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choosing actions that match your values. It can help with anxiety, phobias, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change them, which often helps with panic, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding and shifting emotional responses in relationships to improve connection and reduce conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work alongside each person to choose or blend methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaboration helps shape session activities, homework, and progress checks so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging makes it easier to fit care into busy lives. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and emotional work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when movement or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and make consistent care more accessible for different routines and needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
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