About Barbara
Barbara Mey is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 20 years of clinical experience in Rhode Island. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship and family strains, and life transitions. Barbara aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can learn new coping skills and work toward clearer goals.
Her path includes work in substance abuse settings and community mental health programs. That background gave her a lot of experience leading groups and meeting people facing complex issues such as mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, and substance use.
How Barbara works
She also has experience supporting people coping with low self-esteem, codependency, and adjustment after major life changes. Barbara uses a flexible approach tailored to each person. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding.
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas and solution-focused planning when a practical, values-centered path is helpful. Sessions often involve learning specific skills, trying short exercises, and setting small goals between meetings. Barbara emphasizes a straightforward, compassionate relationship and aims to keep sessions focused on what the client wants to change.
She works with adults on issues such as parenting strain, grief and loss, sleep and eating difficulties, chronic illness, and career stress. Barbara holds a master’s degree and an advanced graduate certificate and is licensed in Rhode Island as an LMHC. She conducts sessions in English and offers online formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
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What Barbara works with
The areas below are the ones Barbara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Rhode Island |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions and practical steps
Barbara draws heavily on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in her online practice. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depressed mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that calm the body and help people notice patterns without judgment.She treats therapy as a team effort. Early meetings focus on what the client wants to change and which methods feel right. Together they pick approaches and set small, achievable goals so progress is clear and meaningful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone works well for lower bandwidth or for a shorter check-in. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for quick updates, brief coping tools, or when writing feels easier. These options make it possible to attend sessions from different locations and schedules while keeping the work focused on the client’s goals and daily life.
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