About Barbara
Barbara Vernon is a licensed mental health counselor in Indiana with 15 years of experience. She works with young adults and adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, and trauma. Her style is straightforward and respectful, helping people take the first steps when life feels overwhelming.
She centers sessions on each person's story and strengths rather than on labels. Conversations focus on practical steps that can help reduce panic, manage mood shifts, and rebuild confidence.
Background and approach
Barbara listens for what matters most to the client and tailors the pace to their needs. Her background includes long-term clinical work with survivors of childhood abuse and people facing personality and mood disorders. That experience informs how she helps clients understand patterns that repeat from family of origin and earlier relationships.
She pays attention to feelings of abandonment, shame, and emptiness as they show up in daily life. Barbara uses a mix of approaches to match what a person needs in the moment. She draws on techniques that teach new ways of thinking and acting, as well as practices that help people notice and accept difficult feelings.
Sessions move between short-term skill building and deeper work on meaning and life purpose. Clients can expect a collaborative atmosphere where their goals guide treatment. Barbara aims to make therapy feel manageable and relevant, whether someone needs tools for panic attacks or help reconnecting with themselves after loss.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Barbara commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and supports acting in line with personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, panic, and depressive patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods that fit the client. That collaborative process means techniques can shift over time as goals or needs change.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for a quieter setup. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for short check-ins, reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent even with a busy life or unpredictable days.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English