Barbara Bosoni, LPC - Therapist in Virginia

About Barbara

Barbara Bosoni is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with thirty years of practice. She offers grounded, direct support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and parenting concerns. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life.

Barbara draws on decades of work with individuals, couples, and families, and on long experience consulting in different settings. Her approach combines listening with clear guidance. She believes people can change, though change takes effort, patience, and hope.

Background and approach

In sessions she pays attention to both what people share and what they learn from each other. That means helping clients notice patterns in family life, in relationships, and in how they handle stress. She aims to make conversations useful and relevant to each person’s situation.

Barbara uses tools from Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address issues like trauma, depression, intimacy-related problems, and workplace stress. She adapts methods to what each person needs rather than sticking to a single technique.

Her work often includes dealing with family problems such as divorce, abandonment, and family-of-origin issues, as well as concerns like domestic violence and sexual assault and abuse. She helps people manage big life changes and recover from painful events. Barbara practices in Virginia and conducts sessions in English.

She keeps a straightforward, hopeful tone and partners with clients to set realistic steps toward change.

How Barbara’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person without judgment and following their pace; it helps people feel heard and clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to manage anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, concentrates on how emotions affect connection in relationships and is useful for couples and family-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Barbara will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. She treats the choice as collaborative and will adjust the plan as you learn what helps most.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into family life and to continue work between sessions. The variety of formats supports different communication needs and can help people stay engaged with the process.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

Barbara works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, parenting concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on topics like abandonment, divorce and separation, and workplace problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is direct and plainspoken, combining attentive listening with practical steps. She draws from Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) depending on the situation.

How much experience does she have?

She has thirty years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families, plus experience consulting in varied settings and serving as an expert witness.

Where is she licensed and located?

She holds the Virginia Licensed Professional Counselor credential with license number VA LPC 0701000750 and practices in Virginia.

Which languages are used in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How is cost and starting therapy handled?

Costs vary by location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 30 years
Licensed: Virginia
Languages: English

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