About Barbara
Dr. Dr. Barbara Humbles helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, or problems with intimacy.
She is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, and a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in Louisiana with 35 years of experience. Her approach is straightforward and practical so parents and busy adults can use what they learn right away.
She focuses on everyday struggles such as sleep trouble, anger, career stress, and substance concerns alongside deeper issues like trauma, loss, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Dr. Humbles supports people facing blended family challenges, caregiver stress, commitment and communication problems, and the effects of divorce or domestic violence. She also works on concerns connected to aging and fatherhood issues.
In sessions she aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about their thoughts and feelings. Conversations are aimed at making sense of what is going on now and finding practical steps to change patterns that cause pain. She encourages small, manageable goals so progress feels real.
Her practice includes helping clients navigate work-related pressure, first responder stress, and the emotional aftermath of natural or human-caused disasters. Dr. Humbles also addresses challenges tied to family of origin, forgiveness, and recovery from addiction.
She invites people to take the first step toward help and recognizes that reaching out takes courage. The focus in early sessions is on building trust, clarifying goals, and choosing approaches that fit each person's life.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Dr. Humbles uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear steps and practical tools. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, then practices new responses to reduce anxiety and improve sleep. Another approach centers on repairing communication and emotional connection in relationships, helping clients address intimacy and family conflicts in straightforward ways.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve. Together they will try methods that fit the client's life and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more accessible. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or screen time are limited, live chat can work for short check-ins or journaling-style work, and text-based messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English