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Welcome.

Thank you for being here.

Therapy is an opportunity to slow down, feel supported, and reconnect with yourself. My goal is to provide a gentle, thoughtful space where you can explore life's challenges, build on your strengths, and move toward healing through restorative, contemplative, evidence-based psychotherapy grounded in mindfulness and genuine presence.

I provide psychotherapy for children, teens, and adults, supporting individuals and families through life's most tender and challenging seasons. Whether you're navigating anxiety, grief, ADHD, parenting challenges, relationship difficulties, or major life transitions, we'll work together to help you find greater clarity, resilience, and peace.

I have a special interest in helping clients with:

• Grief and loss

• Anxiety and stress

• ADHD and executive functioning challenges

• Parent coaching and family support

• Neurodivergent, gifted, and differently wired children, teens, and adults

• School-related challenges and alternative educational paths

• Life transitions, emotional overwhelm, and finding steadiness during uncertain times

I believe healing happens through a collaborative, compassionate relationship that honors each person's unique story, strengths, and goals. While my foundation is psychotherapy, I also integrate mindfulness, coaching strategies, and practical tools when appropriate to help clients create meaningful, lasting change. My hope is that you'll leave each session feeling more connected to yourself, more confident in your strengths, and better equipped to navigate whatever life brings.

When appropriate, I also collaborate with a trusted psychiatric nurse practitioner to help ensure clients receive the level of care and support that best meets their needs.

I'm Barbara.

I'm a psychotherapist offering restorative, contemplative, evidence-based psychotherapy grounded in mindfulness, compassion, and genuine presence.

As a single mom with ADHD, I bring not only professional training but also lived experience to the people I work with. I know that healing rarely happens in a straight line. There are twists, setbacks, moments of growth, and unexpected discoveries along the way- and that's okay. Wherever you find yourself today, my hope is to offer a space where you feel seen, supported, and gently encouraged as you move forward at your own pace.

My practice is culturally sensitive, LGBTQ+ affirming and allied, and committed to creating a space where you can show up as your authentic self.

Whether you're moving through grief, anxiety, relationship challenges, betrayal trauma, ADHD, life transitions, or simply feeling overwhelmed by the world, I'm here to walk alongside you. And when I say walk, sometimes we literally do. We may meet at a local park, and for some children and teens, I may meet them at home or at their favorite café. I genuinely enjoy meeting people where they are—both literally and emotionally.

I work with children, teens, adults, and families experiencing anxiety, grief, trauma, ADHD, executive functioning challenges, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and school-related stress. I also have a special passion for supporting neurodivergent, gifted, highly sensitive, and differently wired children, teens, and adults, as well as the parents who love them. Whether you're navigating a traditional path or creating one that feels more authentic for you or your family, we'll work together to build on your strengths and find a way forward.

I believe therapy is a collaborative process. While my foundation is psychotherapy, I also integrate mindfulness, coaching strategies, and practical tools when appropriate to help clients move from insight to meaningful, lasting change. My hope is that you'll leave each session feeling more connected to yourself, more confident in your strengths, and better equipped to navigate whatever life brings.

You May Feel at Home Here If...

You're looking for a therapist who is warm, thoughtful, and genuinely curious about your story. You long to feel more grounded and more connected to yourself. You're healing from betrayal trauma, narcissistic abuse, or unhealthy relationship patterns. You're navigating a high-conflict co-parenting relationship or working toward becoming a more connected, gentle parent.

You may also feel at home here if you have ADHD, identify as neurodivergent, or simply experience the world a little differently and are looking for practical strategies that honor how your mind works. Perhaps you're raising a neurodivergent, gifted, or highly sensitive child and want support that focuses on understanding rather than fixing. Or maybe you're simply looking for a therapist who blends evidence-based psychotherapy with mindfulness, practical tools, and genuine human connection.

If this feels like the kind of support you've been looking for, I'd be honored to walk alongside you.

I also proudly work with a small practice called Open Space -counseling, consulting and wellness-.

https://www.openspaceccw.com/

I accept these insurances.

• Capital Blue Cross

• Highmark

• Independence Blue Cross (IBX)

• Aetna

• Anthem

• BCBS PPO Plans

• Super Bills available upon request

• FSA accepted

Most of my clients pay out of pocket. If you do not see your insurance above, I also offer a need-based sliding scale for those who qualify.