Wanda Barnes, LCPC, LMHC

Wanda Barnes is a licensed clinician with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood challenges, addiction, and relationship concerns. She is licensed in Florida as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and also holds a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential in Maine. Wanda speaks English and Romanian and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.

She takes a direct, warm approach in sessions. Wanda aims to create a space where clients can talk without feeling judged. Sessions center on clear goals, steady problem solving, and building skills that fit into daily life.

Wanda often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies and trauma-focused techniques. That means she listens closely to each person’s story, helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and supports recovery from past hurts. Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are used when they match a client’s goals.

Her background includes helping people with mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, attention issues like ADHD, and substance use concerns. She also addresses grief, body image and eating concerns, parenting stresses, communication problems, and compassion fatigue. Wanda works with people managing chronic illness, caregiving responsibilities, and blended family dynamics.

Wanda encourages practical steps toward change and emphasizes collaboration. She helps clients set achievable goals, try short experiments between sessions, and track progress over time.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a strong working relationship. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects feelings, and helps people clarify goals and values. This approach is useful for relationship concerns, grief, and parenting stress.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses clear steps like tracking thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or mood symptoms. CBT often helps with depression, anxiety, ADHD-related challenges, and some patterns that affect relationships.

Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on safely processing past hurts and reducing their impact on daily life. It combines careful exploration of traumatic memories with skills to manage strong emotions and rebuild trust in relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients set priorities and give feedback so the work feels useful and realistic.

Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. These practical benefits often help people stick with their goals and apply new skills between meetings.