About Dale
Dale Barrett uses clear, practical therapy to help people regain a sense of direction. She focuses on what feels out of control and helps people name those feelings. Dale works together with clients to set realistic goals and take step-by-step actions toward them.
She brings 30 years of experience to sessions and holds LPC and LCPC credentials. The LPC is a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and the LCPC is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential.
How Dale works
Dale practices in Wisconsin and works with adults on a wide range of concerns. Her work addresses stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions. She also helps people navigating relationship strain, career transitions, anger, and coping with life changes.
Additional focus areas include mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, obsessive-compulsive concerns, personality issues, and challenges tied to aging. Dale draws on several approaches to fit each person’s needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take meaningful action.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build new responses. Attachment-based ideas and client-centered listening guide how she supports emotional connection and growth. Sessions are practical and collaborative.
Dale helps people build skills such as distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and problem solving. The aim is to move from feeling stuck to making steady progress toward the life someone wants.
Dale lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Dale works with
The areas below are the ones Dale selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Traumatic brain injury
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clear about what matters to them and then take steps toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new, more useful ways of thinking and behaving. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how past experiences shape current emotional responses, which can help with trust and connection concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit goals and preferences. Sessions may combine elements from different approaches so the plan matches the person rather than forcing one model.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio-only check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing reflections between sessions, and support when writing is more comfortable than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care across locations.
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