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Online therapist

Barbara Droy

Calm, practical care for parenting and life changes

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Louisiana
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Barbara

Barbara Droy is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, grief, parenting concerns, and addiction-related issues. She practices from Louisiana and offers work shaped by her long clinical background and real-life perspective as a parent and caregiver.

Barbara keeps things straightforward in sessions. She asks early on what would show therapy is working and builds goals from those answers.

Background and approach

Her style centers on the client's needs while offering gentle direction when useful. She respects time and aims to use sessions efficiently. Over her career she has worked in multiple settings, including intensive outpatient settings and schools.

That work has included supporting people after trauma, helping with mood disorder symptoms, and providing adoption-related counseling. She has experience with both children and adults in different care settings. Her approach blends client-centered listening with practical strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based methods.

She also integrates acceptance and commitment and dialectical behavior therapy tools when they fit a person’s needs. Those techniques are used to manage symptoms, build coping skills, and strengthen everyday routines. Sessions are shaped around each person’s goals.

Barbara asks simple, concrete questions about change and then helps form achievable steps. She offers flexible scheduling and communication modes to match what works best for each client.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then taking small actions that match what matters most. It can help when stress, anxiety, or life transitions make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thought patterns and habits and teaches practical skills to change them, which can reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to ease overwhelm and improve emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk about goals and preferences, try approaches that seem promising, and adjust as needed. Sessions are collaborative, with the client’s needs guiding whether ACT, CBT, mindfulness, or a mix is used.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how work gets done. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful when screens aren’t convenient, and live chat or text messaging supports brief check-ins or work between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep consistent progress regardless of location.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Barbara commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, parenting issues, addiction-related concerns, and relationship or family problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is client-centered and collaborative with practical tools. She listens first, then offers direction and exercises from CBT, mindfulness, ACT, or DBT as needed.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has ten years of clinical experience working in intensive outpatient settings, schools, and in-home care, supporting people across a range of mental health needs.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
Barbara holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Louisiana with license number LA LPC 4456.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Louisiana
Languages
English

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