Barborita Williams is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee who focuses on supporting people through painful and confusing times.
01About Barborita
Barborita Williams is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee who focuses on supporting people through painful and confusing times. She brings 16 years of experience to sessions and aims to treat each person with respect and compassion. She listens first and then works with clients to shape practical steps forward.
Barborita uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters most to each client. She helps people with trauma and abuse, anger, depression, anxiety, stress, and addictions.
Background and approach
She also addresses relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting strain, and struggles with body image or eating. Her work often includes looking at unhelpful thinking patterns and building new coping skills. She draws on client-centered methods to keep the focus on each person's goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices are used to change distressing thoughts and to develop calmer responses. Barborita supports people dealing with adoption and foster care questions, attachment or abandonment wounds, blended family issues, and fatherhood concerns. She also works with those facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, or substance challenges.
Sessions are tailored to the life situation and values of the person in front of her. People who choose Barborita can expect a plan that is clear and personal. She partners with clients to decide what to try and how to measure progress.
The emphasis is on small, usable changes that fit real life.
02Credentials
- LPC (Tennessee)
- License 3150 · expires February 2026
- NPI
- 1992425995 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Barborita lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Barborita names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
These are the methods Barborita 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 you can use online
Barborita often blends client-centered therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to tailor work to each person's needs. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding priorities, and shaping goals together so the person stays in charge of the process. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and anger.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about problems, goals, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made over time based on what helps.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is good for a full conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera, and chat or text can be useful for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and varying day-to-day needs.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Barborita address?
She helps people with trauma and abuse, anger, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, eating concerns, parenting strain, and ADHD among other issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, using practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to change unhelpful thinking and improve coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns related to mental health and life stressors.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Tennessee.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
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?
To start, use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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