Barbara Brown, LPC

Barbara Brown is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 29 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar challenges, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns. She also supports those coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and struggles with self-esteem. Her style is straightforward and practical. She focuses on helping people identify their strengths and take small steps that feel doable. Sessions look at how daily habits, stories, and emotions shape what a person is going through. Barbara aims to help clients move toward choices that feel more life affirming. Her background spans many settings and age ranges, including work with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. That variety informs how she adjusts methods to fit each person’s situation. Barbara draws from approaches that emphasize the person’s perspective and emotional experience. In sessions she blends client-centered care with emotion-focused work and mindfulness skills. She also uses narrative techniques to help people reframe painful events and find meaning after loss. Her approach is gentle but purposeful, encouraging clients to stretch their comfort zone when needed. Reaching out for help can feel hard, and Barbara recognizes that. She invites people to start where they are and build on their existing strengths. If it feels like the right time, she guides clients toward clearer choices and more manageable ways of coping.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities. It involves listening closely, reflecting what matters to the client, and supporting choices that feel right. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, respectful space to sort through feelings.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at patterns in emotions and how they affect close connections. It helps people name and shift the emotional responses that keep them stuck, which can be useful for relationship strain and intense grief. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and manage mood swings or anxiety, often through short exercises and breath-focused practice.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to pick methods that fit the person’s goals and comfort level. That process can change over time as new priorities or challenges emerge.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets therapists share exercises, homework, and mindfulness practices you can use between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt the approaches above to a remote setting, and you and the therapist will decide together what setup works best for your life.