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Barbara Farrell, LPC

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationNew Jersey
  • Focus areasADHD, Parenting, and Self esteem
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Barbara

Barbara Farrell is a licensed professional counselor with a decade of clinical experience helping people navigate challenges such as parenting difficulties, low self-esteem, depression, and major life transitions.

Background and approach

She approaches each client with respect for their personal expertise, focusing on strengths that can be mobilized to meet goals and solve problems. Her practice also addresses ADHD, anxiety, stress, grief, relationship concerns, addiction, and a range of other emotional and behavioral issues.

Farrell emphasizes compassionate support as clients take the often difficult first steps toward change. She works collaboratively to identify practical strategies and build confidence, acknowledging that courage is required to seek a more fulfilling life.

Based in New Jersey and licensed as an LPC, she combines professional training with a client-centered stance to help people explore options, develop coping skills, and make steady progress toward their priorities.

Approaches that guide online care and flexibility

Barbara Farrell uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques delivered in an accessible, collaborative way. One commonly used approach focuses on building coping skills and emotional regulation through practical exercises that help people manage symptoms of anxiety, stress, and mood disturbances. Another approach emphasizes strengths-based, client-centered work that helps clients identify personal resources, boost self-esteem, and apply concrete strategies to parenting, relationship, or career challenges.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to explore which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as therapy progresses to ensure a good fit and steady progress.

Online sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels with technology. These formats make it easier to attend regular sessions from New Jersey or from other locations, supporting continuity of care and consistent practice of skills between meetings.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
Her practice includes support for parenting challenges, self-esteem and confidence issues, depression, coping with life changes, ADHD, anxiety, stress, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, addictions, and several other emotional and behavioral difficulties.
What is the general therapeutic style clients can expect?
The approach centers on a collaborative, strengths-based relationship that helps clients identify existing resources and practical strategies to reach their goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 10 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including mood disorders, trauma, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed in New Jersey under NJ LPC 37PC00664400.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered for online work?
Available session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How is cost handled for therapy with this clinician?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Parenting issuesSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

New Jersey

Languages

English