About Barbara
Barbara Uhl greets worried parents with a calm, straightforward approach. She is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with seven years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship challenges. Barbara focuses on practical steps a person can use right away.
She meets people where they are and listens first before suggesting a plan. Barbara uses several approaches to shape conversations and goals. She leans on client-centered work to keep the person’s needs central and solution-focused methods to identify small, achievable changes.
How Barbara works
Cognitive behavioral ideas help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns. She mixes these approaches to fit each person’s goals rather than following a single method. Her background includes work around family problems and family of origin issues, with attention to communication problems and codependency.
She also supports people coping with life changes, chronic illness or pain, and struggles around self-esteem and purpose. Issues related to pregnancy and childbirth, addiction, infidelity, and isolation are part of her experience. Sessions aim to be respectful and sensitive.
Barbara explains options plainly and collaborates on a plan that feels doable. If someone needs steady, short-term skill building or deeper exploration of patterns, she adjusts the pace to match their priorities. People who want clear steps, steady encouragement, and practical tools tend to find her style helpful.
She offers services in English and practices across California as a licensed professional.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Barbara uses therapy approaches online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person’s lead. In practice this means sessions begin by hearing what matters most, then shaping goals from the client's priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete tools to change them, which suits worries like anxiety or low self-esteem. Motivational interviewing is a short-term approach that explores a person’s own reasons for change and boosts motivation when ambivalence is getting in the way.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Barbara will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and try methods that fit. That collaborative process helps decide whether to focus on skills practice, deeper pattern work, or motivation and planning.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation and fuller verbal work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, short problem-solving, or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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