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Barbara "Barb" Kroening, LISW

  • Experience12 years
  • LocationIowa
  • Focus areasADHD, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy
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About Barbara

Barbara "Barb" Kroening offers a compassionate, nonjudgmental presence for people seeking practical support and emotional relief. With a focus on listening first, she aims to meet clients where they are and gently encourage progress toward their goals.

Background and approach

Barb's approach emphasizes honesty and an open space for sharing difficult thoughts and experiences. Barb brings 12 years of clinical experience as an LISW (Licensed Independent Social Worker) practicing in Iowa.

Her work has included care for people facing trauma and abuse, grief and loss, substance-related concerns, relationship and intimacy struggles, parenting challenges, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, ADHD-related concerns, stress and anxiety, and a wide range of life transitions. She also attends to issues like caregiver strain, attachment and blended family dynamics, isolation, and complicated grief.

In sessions she draws on client-centered principles, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused techniques, and trauma-informed practices to help clients identify strengths and small, actionable steps forward. Barb welcomes outreach from those ready to begin a collaborative process toward clearer coping, greater resilience, and more intentional living.

Practical Approaches for Online Healing

Barb incorporates client-centered therapy to prioritize each person's lived experience and to create sessions shaped around individual needs; this approach helps clients feel heard and supports collaborative goal-setting. She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the impacts of traumatic experiences with structured, evidence-informed strategies that aim to reduce the ongoing effects of trauma. Additionally, motivational interviewing techniques are used to help clients explore ambivalence and strengthen their own motivation for change.

Choosing the best therapeutic approach is part of the work Barb does with clients. She aims to assess needs, preferences, and goals together, adapting methods as understanding grows so that the plan remains a collaborative product rather than a fixed prescription.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, continue work during life transitions, and maintain consistent support when in-person options are limited. Barb combines practical tools and reflective conversation to help clients move toward clearer coping and sustainable progress.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Barb commonly address?
She works with many issues including trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, anxiety and depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related difficulties, and life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Barb uses a collaborative, client-centered approach that emphasizes listening, gentle encouragement, and practical steps toward change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience providing behavioral health services in a variety of settings.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is an LISW with license number IA LISW 072666 and practices in Iowa.
In which language can sessions be conducted?
Services are provided in English; international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available with her?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should someone do to begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyDomestic violenceFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDParanoiaPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

Iowa

Languages

English

What Barbara can help with

Barbara "Barb" Kroening works with clients on family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, and self esteem.

Barbara works with individuals with substance abuse issues, anger issues, trauma history, and relationship issues.

How Barbara approaches therapy

Barbara's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Barbara is a Licensed Independent Social Worker practicing in Iowa.