About Barbara
Barbara Dunn is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, and major life changes. She speaks plainly, offers steady support, and focuses on practical steps to make daily life easier for clients in Michigan. She brings 24 years of experience to sessions and uses straightforward methods that aim for clear results.
Sessions often include learning new thinking habits, short goal-focused work, and simple mindfulness practices to reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
She keeps conversations direct and approachable and uses a touch of humor when it fits. Barbara has spent time working with teens and adults, and that background informs how she supports parents and caregivers. She also works with people dealing with grief, anger, relationship concerns, career stress, compassion fatigue, and identity issues related to LGBT concerns.
She pays attention to how life transitions and caregiver roles affect mood and daily routines. Her practical style blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy to build skills people can use between sessions. That mix helps with panic, social anxiety, self-esteem, seasonal mood shifts, and attention challenges like ADHD.
Outside of work she enjoys being outdoors and spending time with family. To begin, she asks people to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability. This keeps the first step simple and focused.
Practical approaches for online support
Barbara uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different responses. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and changing patterns that keep problems going.She also brings Solution-Focused Therapy into sessions to set clear, short-term goals and build steps that lead to small wins. This approach is helpful when someone wants concrete changes fast and prefers a forward-looking plan.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text work well for quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English