About Misty
Misty Faella is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who draws on 17 years of experience to support people facing anxiety and stress. She uses a warm, interactive style and centers each person's goals when planning therapy. Meetings are collaborative and focused on practical steps clients can use between sessions.
She works with adults, adolescents, and children and has considerable experience with grief and trauma tied to foster care and adoption.
Background and approach
That background informs how she approaches loss, attachment concerns, and responses to past neglect or abuse. She also has experience supporting people navigating substance use, ADHD, anger, and post-traumatic stress. Misty blends several approaches to fit each person's needs.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and shift behavior. She uses client-centered listening to build trust and motivational interviewing to strengthen readiness for change. In sessions she emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and avoiding stigmatizing labels.
Conversations are tailored to the individual, and practical strategies are offered alongside opportunities to talk through difficult feelings. She encourages small, achievable steps toward the changes people want. For parents worried about a child's anxiety or behavior, she can support caregivers with stress management and communication strategies.
For adults, she focuses on coping skills for depression, grief, and life changes while addressing impulsivity and addiction concerns as they arise.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Misty often uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person's own goals and lived experience. This approach focuses on listening closely, reflecting what matters to the client, and building a supportive working relationship tailored to each session.She also incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps identify patterns of thinking that increase anxiety and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful behaviors. That approach is useful for managing worry, panic, and everyday stress by practicing new ways of thinking and acting.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options, try methods that fit the client's goals, and adjust techniques as progress is made. Decisions about which approach to use are collaborative and based on needs, preferences, and what proves helpful in early sessions.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow more face-to-face interaction and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a camera is not desired. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, reflections between sessions, or flexible communication when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using recognized therapeutic methods remotely.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
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- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
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