Therapist profile
Barnetta Young, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and parenting concerns
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- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
About Barnetta
Barnetta Young is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 25 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and related concerns. Sessions focus on practical steps to manage everyday problems and make home life more manageable.
Barnetta uses straightforward, person-focused methods. She listens for what is most pressing and helps people set short-term goals. Techniques come from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and solution-focused strategies. This means conversations are aimed at clarifying problems, testing small changes, and practicing different ways of responding.
Her practice pays attention to identity and culture. People who feel isolated or who face multicultural stressors can expect a practitioner who considers those influences when talking through issues. Barnetta has spent much of her career supporting adults dealing with relationship conflict, workplace strain, and the practical burdens of caregiving.
She also brings experience with attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, communication problems, domestic violence recovery, substance use issues, and midlife transitions. The work can include learning new ways to cope with anger, improve sleep or manage cravings, and rebuild trust in close relationships.
Sessions aim to produce usable strategies you can try between meetings. The focus is on clear steps, problem solving, and adjusting what is not working at home. To begin, readers are invited to use the site's matching process and schedule an initial session.
How sessions work
How Barnetta’s approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. In practice this looks like sessions where the counselor mirrors concerns, asks clarifying questions, and helps name priorities. It helps with issues tied to identity, isolation, and relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sessions teach simple skills to test unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and managing cravings or anger.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on short-term goals and practical changes. The work emphasizes identifying what already works, setting reachable steps, and measuring small wins between sessions. This approach can be helpful when immediate household or parenting adjustments are needed.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Clients set the priorities and the plan evolves from those conversations.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people work on problems from wherever they spend their day. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to practical situations at home and help develop steps to try between appointments.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family and parenting concerns does she address?
She works with adults on parenting strain, family problems, communication difficulties, divorce and separation issues, and caregiving stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a person-centered approach with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work to set short-term goals and try concrete changes.
How long has she practiced?
Barnetta has 25 years of experience as a practicing counselor in Georgia.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPC, a Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in Georgia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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