About Adele
Adele Barnes is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She also supports people navigating relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career questions, and issues like ADHD, anger, and addictions. Adele works with compassion and clear goals to make therapy practical and approachable.
Adele earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Webster University. She has five years of clinical experience offering individual and group formats.
Background and approach
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and mindfulness techniques to keep sessions focused and useful. In sessions Adele prioritizes building strong rapport. She aims for a calm, nonjudgmental tone and straightforward conversation.
People can expect to talk through what matters now, develop coping strategies, and practice skills between meetings. Her approach blends short-term tools with attention to underlying patterns. CBT helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior.
Solution-Focused work emphasizes small, achievable steps toward specific goals. Mindfulness practices support grounding and managing intense emotions. Adele tailors each plan to fit a person’s life and needs.
She encourages steady progress and checks in on what is and isn’t working. The focus is on practical changes that help daily functioning and relationships.
How Adele Uses Structured Approaches Online
Adele commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to address everyday struggles. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to notice feelings and calm strong reactions, which can help with stress and emotional overwhelm.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, short-term goals. That work highlights small steps that move a person toward what they want, making progress feel manageable. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process - the therapist will help figure out which methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and what happens in early sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can pick what works for their schedule. Video is good for deeper conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or a quieter moment without video. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English