About Barbara
Barbara Muller-Ackerman is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 28 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, grief, sleep problems, anger, and life transitions. Her style is warm and interactive and she aims to make sessions practical and focused on real problems.
She takes a whole-life view and explores many areas that affect well-being. Barbara helps people pick the most pressing places to start and then moves step by step.
How Barbara works
Many concerns overlap, so she looks for small changes that can make everyday life easier. Barbara often supports people who have attention difficulties alongside other challenges like anxiety, depression, sleep issues, or executive function struggles. She also has a long history helping women navigate transitions and milestones that come with aging and life changes.
Her work draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical skills, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused techniques. She uses these approaches to build practical strategies, improve communication, and reduce distress in daily routines. Barbara also brings coaching skills into her practice to help clients set clear goals and develop tools to reach them.
She focuses on strengths people already have and helps them practice new skills until they fit into regular life. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. Formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Barbara lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered work focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It means conversations are guided by what matters most to the client, with the therapist listening closely and responding to individual needs. This approach helps when people need understanding and a place to sort through feelings and priorities.Cognitive behavioral techniques look at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Sessions often include simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. This approach helps with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and attention-related challenges by teaching practical skills to use day to day.
Dialectical behavior ideas provide tools for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. They include skills for tolerating distress, regulating feelings, and communicating more clearly, which can be useful for anger, relationship strain, and impulsivity.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust over time. That collaboration helps tailor sessions to what actually helps in everyday life.
Online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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