About Misty
Misty Faella is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Rhode Island with 17 years of experience. She offers a warm, interactive style and focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety. Her approach centers on listening first and then working with each person to set realistic goals.
She blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.
How Misty works
Narrative and psychodynamic ideas are used when it helps to make sense of past experiences and recurring patterns. Sessions are tailored to what each person needs most in the moment. Misty has long experience supporting people dealing with trauma, grief, and the aftereffects of neglect or abuse.
She also has experience with addictions, ADHD, anger, and depressive symptoms. Parents and caregivers can find focused help for stress related to parenting, adoption, foster care, and caregiver strain. Her work emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and avoiding stigmatizing labels.
Misty helps people identify strengths, weigh options, and make changes at a pace that fits their life. She encourages small, practical steps alongside reflection about how the past shapes present behavior. Misty aims to make therapy straightforward and usable.
She will collaborate on a plan that targets immediate concerns and long-term aims. People looking for steady, empathic guidance may find her style direct and supportive.
Misty lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Misty works with
The areas below are the ones Misty selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
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Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Rhode Island |
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Online support options
Approaches and how they work online
Misty commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in remote work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on active listening, empathy, and following the client's agenda to build trust and clarify priorities. It helps when someone needs a safe space to talk and to feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and impulsivity.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Misty will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods across sessions. That might mean practicing CBT skills one week and using narrative or psychodynamic reflection the next, based on what advances the client's goals.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill coaching, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or hands-free check-ins are needed, live chat works for shorter exchanges and immediate support, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life while still working on concrete changes.
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