Barbara Mey, LMHC - Therapist in Rhode Island

About Barbara

Barbara Mey is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with two decades of clinical experience. She works from Rhode Island and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, family problems, and life transitions. She creates a calm space where parents and caregivers can talk through immediate concerns and build practical coping skills.

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She adapts techniques to each person rather than following one fixed method.

Background and approach

Sessions often include clear strategies to reduce symptoms and habits to support daily life. Mindfulness and cognitive tools are common in her work. Barbara trained at Providence College and completed an advanced graduate certificate at Salve Regina University.

Early in her career she worked nearly ten years in community mental health, then in a substance abuse clinic where she led groups and family work. That background contributes to her comfort with addiction, grief, trauma recovery, and caregiving stress. In sessions she emphasizes honesty, presence, and respect.

She helps clients understand patterns that get in the way of goals and then practices small steps to change them. Parents often come away with specific skills they can use between meetings. Her experience includes helping people who face self-esteem issues, relationship and attachment struggles, bipolar disorder, ADHD, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns.

She uses a mix of evidence-based methods and practical coaching to support real-life change.

How evidence-based methods translate to online care

Barbara often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to improve mood and daily functioning. CBT is helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many stress-related issues.

She also relies on mindfulness therapy to teach simple, present-moment practices that reduce reactivity and support calmer responses to parenting challenges and family stress. Mindfulness exercises are short and can be practiced between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try strategies that fit day-to-day life, and adjust methods if something does not feel helpful. Collaboration is central to deciding whether CBT, mindfulness, or another method will work best.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy families. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is most useful, while phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging give options for shorter check-ins, skill coaching, or when schedules are tight. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work and caregiving responsibilities.

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.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Barbara address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting and family problems, addictions, trauma and grief, sleep and eating issues, anger, and a wide range of life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward, combining practical skills with mindfulness and talk therapy to help people make small, steady changes.

What background does she bring to therapy?

Barbara has 20 years of experience including nearly ten years in community mental health and work at a substance abuse clinic with group, individual, and family work.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - RI LMHC MHC00328 - and practices from Rhode Island.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are available for meeting online?

Barbara offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible remote work.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 20 years
Licensed: Rhode Island
Languages: English

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