About Barbara
Barbara Uhl is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She works with individuals facing relationship strain, family conflict, low self-esteem, and big life changes. Barbara offers a calm, respectful approach that aims to make starting therapy feel less overwhelming.
She uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on practical tools and small steps that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
She adapts the tone and pace to fit the client, whether someone needs short-term problem solving or deeper reflection. Barbara blends several approaches to match the issue at hand. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and change them.
Client-centered methods keep the client's priorities in charge of the work. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time and solution-focused strategies to set clear, achievable goals. Motivational Interviewing supports people who are unsure about change or who want help building motivation.
With seven years of experience in California, Barbara supports people navigating life transitions, family difficulties, and struggles with self-worth. Her aim is to create a predictable, respectful space where clients can try new ways of coping and relating.
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's goals and experience. The therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead to build trust and clarity, which helps when dealing with anxiety, relationship concerns, and self-esteem issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It uses clear exercises and small practice steps to change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills, useful for stress and anxiety management.
Solution-focused therapy emphasizes short-term goals and practical changes. Sessions often map a few concrete steps clients can try between meetings to create quick momentum toward better functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Barbara will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That discussion is ongoing, and methods can shift as the client makes progress.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deep work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer typed communication. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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