Therapist profile
Barbara Barr, LCPC, LMHC
Florida
Licensed counselor - Anger and Relationships
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- CredentialsLCPC, LMHC
- LicenseLMHC, Florida / MH13065; LCPC, Illinois / 180005978; LCPC, Maine / CC6587; LCMHC, New Hampshire / 2581
- NPI1972123529
- Experience3 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationFlorida
About
- Anxiety and depression
- Addiction and recovery
- Mindfulness and ACT
About Barbara
Barbara Barr is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She has three years of experience listed on this profile and focuses on concerns such as anxiety, depression, addictions, family and relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, and anger.
Barbara tends to keep sessions practical and person-focused. She listens for the patterns that keep people stuck and helps them practice different ways of responding. Sessions are aimed at clear, manageable steps rather than long lectures. She also supports people dealing with body image, eating-related issues, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to adoption or blended families.
Her approach draws on therapies that help change unhelpful thoughts, regulate strong emotions, and clarify personal values. That can mean using exercises to notice automatic thinking, learning skills to reduce reactivity, and trying small behavior changes between sessions. She also uses client-centered techniques to keep conversations grounded in the person’s experience.
People who come for help with anger often work on recognizing triggers, slowing down reactions, and practicing alternative responses. For those with addictive behaviors or chronic stress, sessions may include skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Barbara offers work that is straightforward and focused on real-life problems. If someone wants to discuss scheduling or how she typically runs a first appointment, they are encouraged to use the platform’s matching and booking steps to arrange a first session.
How sessions work
How Barbara Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them. It helps people identify what matters to them and take small actions in that direction, which can reduce the buildup of anger and resentment.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical experiments. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and reactive behavior because it gives specific tools to change thinking and behavior.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will discuss goals and try methods that fit the person’s needs and preferences. Decisions about which techniques to use are collaborative and can shift over time as progress is reviewed.
If you are considering remote sessions, confirm the session formats available before booking through the platform’s matching and scheduling steps. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove commuting time so people can focus on skill practice between sessions.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Florida, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, anger, relationship and family concerns, trauma and grief.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and person-centered, using clear steps and in-session exercises to change unhelpful reactions and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
This profile lists three years of experience in the current role.
What are her professional credentials and where does she practice?
She holds LCPC and LMHC credentials and practices in Florida, using the designations ME LCPC and FL LMHC as provided.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not accepted according to the profile.
How are sessions arranged and what formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking by using the platform’s matching steps; the profile’s session formats should be checked there.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.