- Client-centered care
- Practical strategies
- Mindfulness focus
About Barbara
Barbara Brown is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with 29 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who face stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. Her approach centers on meeting each person where they are and finding practical ways to move forward.
Barbara has worked across age groups and settings, including work with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. She helps people cope with trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, mood disorders such as bipolar and seasonal affective disorder, and compassion fatigue. She also supports concerns related to aging, hospice and end-of-life matters, and issues many women and young adults face.
Her style is grounded in Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes the person’s own goals and pace. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, mindfulness approaches, and narrative work to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Sessions are practical and focused on what can change in daily life.
Barbara aims to create space for clients to identify strengths and try small, achievable steps. She encourages exploring forgiveness, improving communication, and addressing control and self-esteem concerns. Working together, she helps people build strategies that fit their routines.
Reaching out is often the hardest step, and Barbara describes therapy as a chance to uncover inner resources. Prospective clients are invited to begin with a brief matching process and schedule a first appointment when ready.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person’s goals, helping people set small steps toward change. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps identify and shift patterns in relationships and attachment feelings, useful for people who want clearer emotional connection and regulation. Mindfulness Therapy offers simple practices to notice stress and manage intense feelings in everyday moments.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try methods collaboratively and adjust as needed. Clients and therapist look for what fits and what produces usable changes in daily life.
Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when time is tight, or choose communication that matches comfort with cameras or bandwidth. Licensed professionals can use these flexible arrangements to keep therapy practical and consistent with everyday demands.
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Experience
29+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, relationship and trauma concerns, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and related focus areas like aging and hospice issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is person-focused, using Client-Centered Therapy as a base and drawing on emotionally-focused, mindfulness, and narrative methods to help people try new responses and build coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 29 years of experience working in varied settings with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults on a wide range of emotional and life issues.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia under a Virginia LPC credential.
Can I meet with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced or billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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