Barbara Leigh is a licensed professional counselor with 38 years of experience.
01About Barbara
Barbara Leigh is a licensed professional counselor with 38 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, grief, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports those dealing with sleep problems, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and work or career stress.
Her style is straightforward and flexible. She listens first and then adapts methods to a person’s needs and pace. Sessions focus on practical steps, skills-building, and understanding how thoughts, feelings, and habits interact.
Background and approach
Barbara draws on approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, motivational interviewing, solution-focused strategies, and trauma-focused methods. She blends teaching about how the mind and body influence mood with hands-on skills practice. The goal is to help people prepare for change and take steady steps forward.
Barbara has worked in many settings including inpatient, outpatient, day treatment, residential, in-home, independent practice, and online. She has a background in autism consulting and experience supporting people with ADHD, neurodiversity, chronic illness, and caregiving stress. Her long career brings wide perspective on common life challenges.
Practical matters are handled simply. Sessions are offered from Alabama in English and can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. The subscription model used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
02Credentials
- LPC (Alabama)
- License 3031 · expires July 2026
- LPC (Oregon)
- License C2791 · expires January 2027
- LPC (South Carolina)
- License 7434 · expires August 2027
- LPC (Georgia)
- License LPC012808 · expires September 2026
- LMHC (Washington)
- License LH61398809 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1093145724 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Barbara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Barbara names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Barbara names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches and Online Support That Fit Your Life
Barbara uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice how thoughts and actions affect mood and behavior, then practice new ways of thinking and coping for anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely, validating a person’s experience, and letting the conversation guide what comes next.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and daily life, and then recommend steps to try. That plan is adjusted over time so it stays practical and aligned with the client’s needs.
Online therapy makes regular sessions easier to fit into life. Video calls let visual interaction for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be useful when video isn’t practical, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and short updates between sessions. These options offer flexibility for different schedules, quieter surroundings, bandwidth limits, and moments when a shorter or less formal check-in is best.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Barbara help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, grief, self-esteem, sleep problems, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and career issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Barbara takes a direct but warm approach. She listens carefully, teaches practical skills, and tailors methods to each person’s needs and pace.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 38 years of experience working in inpatient, outpatient, residential, in-home, independent practice, and virtual settings.
Where is Barbara based and what credentials does she hold?
She practices from Alabama and is listed as an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor.
Can I see her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist’s availability.
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