About Me
I am a licensed counselor in the upstate of South Carolina. I have been a counselor professionally for over 20 years with children, adults, juveniles, inmates, and those who suffer serious mental illness and acute pathology. I am level I and II EMDR trained and have experience working with clients that have experienced severe trauma. I have counseled individuals with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting problems, conflict resolution, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Disorder (CD), and ADHD. I especially love to teach the art of navigating difficult personalities for which we interact with everyday.
My counseling style is interactive and solution focused. I believe the present is rooted from past experiences. My approach is primarily cognitive-behavioral using a structural design to develop a treatment plan for desired goals. I place a lot of importance on the unique needs of each client. If you are reading this you have already taken the first step to receive support, which demonstrates the strength you have to reach your goals. My focus is to empower you to be your better self.
I look forward to working with you!
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
Addictions , Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Coaching , Compassion fatigue , ADHD , Antisocial Personality , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Services Offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Licensing
LPC #5044 (Expires: 2021-08-31)
Reviews
She is intelligent and very empathetic and open. I feel really lucky to be working with her.
Barbara was very quickly able to understand my situation and offer some insight and solutions. She was able to empathise with my struggles and I found her easy to talk to.
I have only had a few sessions with Barbara now but I already feel confident in her ability to help with what issues I may be facing. Barbara is very professional, non- judgemental always offering alternative view points and suggestions in moving forward.
Barbara is wonderful. I have severe PTSD from many years of abuse and knew I wanted to work with a therapist but I needed them to have an extensive amount of knowledge about PTSD. Barbara has far exceeded my expectations. She is warm, friendly, extremely knowledgeable and has helped me more in a short period of time than I expected. Barbara’s knowledge and compassion became obvious during our first session. Through working with Barbara I have already learned some incredibly helpful coping techniques which I have used every time I feel my ptsd getting jumpy. I was abused starting at a very young age and am now old enough to have a young adult child. So decades of dealing with holding all of this in, working with different therapists over the years. Nothing seemed to help. Barbara has also helped me figure out how better to communicate with my husband and son about what my needs are and aren’t especially when I’m having flashbacks. All of this has helped me be able to sleep again, feel less jumpy and just safer overall. I am so thankful ❤️
Barbara has such a wealth of knowledge, and a warmth in the way she shares her deep understanding. I could not have asked for a better match. She is an absolute gem, and so, so appreciated!
Barbara is an experienced counselor. She gave me several book recommendations in addition to our sessions, which I find extremely useful.
She has helped me massively to deal with things I have been holding inside for 15 years.