- Years in practice
- 38
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Alabama, Oregon, South Carolina, Georgia, Washington
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Sleeping disorders
About Barbara
Barbara Leigh is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, parenting challenges, and a range of other concerns. She writes plainly and works with adults who want steady, practical support while they make changes in their lives. Her approach is goal-minded and adaptable.
Sessions focus on clear skills, problem solving, and understanding how thoughts and body reactions shape feelings and behavior.
Background and approach
She often uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Barbara has practiced for many years in multiple settings, including inpatient, outpatient, day treatment, residential, in-home, independent practice, and virtual therapy.
That breadth informs a flexible style that aims to match interventions to each person’s situation rather than use a single fixed method. She also works with issues related to neurodiversity, caregiving stress, grief, addiction, sexual concerns, and chronic health problems. Parents reading here will find orientation toward practical parenting concerns and support for everyday parenting stressors.
Barbara prefers longer-term work for people who want sustained change, but she can also use solution-focused steps when shorter-term, targeted help is needed. The emphasis is on realistic, doable plans that balance safety and challenge so people can move forward at their own pace.
What Barbara works with
Everything Barbara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Barbara helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Barbara lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online parenting and life work
Barbara often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused therapy when working online. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and then practice new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or change habits. Solution-focused therapy emphasizes small, practical steps and short-term goals that create immediate forward movement in parenting stress, relationship issues, or day-to-day overwhelm.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose techniques that fit the client's pace and priorities and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people see facial cues and practice skills in real time, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain continuity across life changes.
Questions people ask about Barbara
What concerns does Barbara help with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, mood concerns such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and supportive, blending skill teaching with problem solving. Sessions often combine active techniques and a listening, client-centered stance.
What experience does she bring?
Barbara has 38 years of experience across inpatient, outpatient, residential, day treatment, in-home, independent practice, and virtual care settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices from Alabama with credentials listed as SC LPC and OR LPC.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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