Barbara Parry is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma.
01About Barbara
Barbara Parry is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She works with those wrestling with self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, and career or life changes. Her approach is calm and direct, aimed at practical steps a person can use day to day.
Barbara focuses on building a respectful, steady therapeutic relationship. Sessions often begin by clarifying what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
She then helps people set concrete goals and practices they can use between meetings. This keeps work focused and achievable. Her methods draw on several well-known approaches, including client-centered work that follows the person's lead, cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change habits of thought, and emotionally-focused strategies to improve connection and understanding.
She also uses existential ideas to help people find meaning, and hypnotherapy when appropriate. Barbara brings ten years of clinical experience in Texas to her work as an LPC, and she aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. She pays attention to common sources of strain such as caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and feelings of abandonment.
Practical tools, gentle challenge, and real-world coping skills are central to her style. Sessions are offered in English and are available through a range of online formats. Barbara supports people who want help processing trauma, reducing panic, managing ADHD symptoms, or rebuilding after loss.
Her goal is to help people feel more capable and connected in their daily lives.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 73818 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1184288417 · 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
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Methods Barbara names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience first. In practice this means sessions follow what the client brings, with the therapist offering reflection and gentle guidance to deepen self-understanding and decision making. This approach helps with low self-esteem, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and trying small, testable changes. It often includes practical exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, panic symptoms, and depressive thinking. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and process strong emotions and improve how they relate to others; it can be useful for intimacy-related struggles and communication problems.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest strategies to try. Work is collaborative and may combine elements from different approaches as needs change.
Online sessions offer flexibility and multiple ways to connect. Video calls let people work face to face when bandwidth allows. Phone sessions are an option when a camera is not wanted or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can support short check-ins, journaling-style work, or hands-on guidance between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue progress across time and locations.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Barbara commonly help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and ADHD among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm and practical, focusing on clear goals, steady support, and tools clients can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Barbara has ten years of clinical experience working as a licensed counselor in Texas.
Where is Barbara licensed and located?
She holds an LPC credential in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages and international services are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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