Barbara Mey , LMHC

Barbara Mey is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with two decades of clinical experience who guides clients toward greater self-awareness and practical change. She creates a calm, respectful space where people can learn coping skills and clarify life goals, and she adapts her counseling style to each person’s needs. Her work blends psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based interventions, with attention to ensuring clients feel comfortable with the chosen approach.

She earned a Master’s Degree from Providence College and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study from Salve Regina University. Her recent clinical work was at a substance abuse clinic, providing group, individual, and family treatment. Earlier she spent almost ten years in a community mental health setting supporting people with mood and anxiety disorders, PTSD, substance use concerns, schizophrenia, and personality disorders. Over the course of her practice she has worked with clients coping with low self-esteem, trauma recovery, family and relationship challenges, adjustment to life changes, and patterns of codependency, including adult children of alcoholics and partners or family members of people with addiction.

Barbara emphasizes a supportive, honest, and present therapeutic relationship, maintaining a compassionate and open-minded stance throughout the therapy process to help clients build resilience and move toward their goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Barbara Mey

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping clients clarify their values and take committed action toward a meaningful life while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions because it emphasizes values-based living rather than symptom elimination.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors through practical strategies and structured exercises. It is often applied to anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and coping with everyday challenges.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and gentle observation of thoughts and emotions, supporting emotional regulation and reduced reactivity. It pairs well with other approaches to address stress, trauma recovery, and self-esteem concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Barbara Mey works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts techniques over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy in her practice may include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for clients with varied schedules and mobility. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access therapy from home, and integrate treatment into a busy life while working with licensed professionals and therapists to address meaningful concerns.