About Jacques-Paul
Jacques-Paul Barbour helps people facing addiction, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma, grief, and parenting stress. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 23 years of clinical experience and brings a calm, direct approach to therapy. He uses practical, solution-focused work alongside deeper exploration when needed.
Sessions aim to identify immediate steps that reduce distress while also looking at long-standing patterns that keep problems returning. Conversations move at a pace the client finds manageable.
How Jacques-Paul works
Barbour has worked in independent practice and in hospital emergency departments. He has also taught psychology and human services courses at community colleges and four-year schools, covering topics from crisis intervention to counseling practice. That mix of clinical and teaching work informs his clear, structured style.
He creates a nonjudgmental space for people to talk about sensitive topics such as sexuality, identity, compulsive behaviors, and the emotional effects of serious illness. He says empathy, curiosity, and respect guide his work and that building trust is the first priority. Sessions can include short-term goals, motivational strategies, narrative exploration of life events, and practice of new coping skills.
He speaks English and Arabic and focuses on helping people feel more grounded, confident, and able to move forward with clearer choices.
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What Jacques-Paul works with
The areas below are the ones Jacques-Paul selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English, Arabic |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's experience and aims to create an accepting space where people can speak openly about their feelings and choices. This approach helps when someone needs support processing identity, intimacy, or life change issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It uses practical exercises and skill-building to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and problematic behaviors like substance use or compulsive actions.
Motivational Interviewing is a short-term approach that helps people clarify their goals and find internal reasons to change. It can be useful when someone feels stuck or ambivalent about making life changes.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable, and then try methods that match those needs. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively how to proceed and adjust as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or days when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep regular contact and practice new skills between sessions.
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