Philicia Barbieri, LMHC, LPC

Philicia Barbieri is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who creates a calm, steady space for people to slow down and make sense of hard moments. She emphasizes a human-centered approach that helps people reconnect with meaning and move toward the changes they want. Philicia uses clear, practical tools in therapy and keeps sessions grounded and approachable.

She has worked in counseling since 2013 and earned a Master’s in Professional Counseling from Carlow University in 2015. Over the past decade she has supported people through addiction recovery, mental health struggles, and major life transitions. Her background includes crisis counseling, community-based work, and leading groups, which inform a flexible and down-to-earth style.

Philicia is trauma-informed and incorporates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, when processing stuck or painful memories. She also brings mindfulness practices and yoga-informed grounding into sessions to support emotional regulation and recovery.

Her therapeutic toolbox includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. She works with individuals and couples and addresses concerns such as depression, anxiety, addictions, grief, relationship strain, and challenges related to chronic illness and pain.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and action-oriented so people leave with steps to try between meetings. Philicia meets people where they are and helps them build greater clarity, resilience, and purpose.

How her approaches translate to online work

Philicia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. She also incorporates Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people and couples notice and change patterns that keep them stuck in conflict or distance. EMDR is another method she uses for trauma processing; it helps people work through memories that feel stuck so those memories lose some of their emotional charge.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and what feels workable. Together they decide whether to focus on skills-building, trauma processing, or changes in relationship patterns, and they check in as therapy progresses.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use mindfulness exercises or grounding practices between meetings to reinforce what they work on in sessions.