Charlar Barnes

Charlar Barnes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Alabama with 10 years of experience. She lists stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, and life purpose among areas she helps people with. She also notes work with LGBT concerns, career questions, compassion fatigue, and coaching.

Barnes is an Army veteran and holds a Master’s in Counseling Psychology plus a PsyD in Grief Counseling. She is licensed as an LPC in Georgia and Alabama. These credentials inform how she approaches grief and loss alongside other life changes.

In sessions she uses client-centered methods to focus conversation on what matters to the person. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy appear in her toolkit to help people make practical changes and set achievable steps.

Her work often involves talking through the impact of life transitions, managing stress, and addressing self-esteem and intimacy concerns. She also lists body image, communication problems, forgiveness, isolation, jealousy, veteran and multicultural issues, self-love, and women’s issues among her focus areas.

Barnes is the author of Losing Myself, Funding Me: The journey of survival, strength, and the courage to embrace your authentic self. She encourages people to take the first step of booking and to complete the brief matching questionnaire before scheduling a first session.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what the person says. In practical terms that means sessions center on the concerns the person brings and the therapist guides conversation to clarify feelings and goals. This approach can help when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that keep problems going. In online sessions CBT can be used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns, try new behaviors between meetings, and review what changes did or did not help. That makes it useful for anxiety, stress, and self-esteem concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to decide which methods fit best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process often includes trying different strategies and adjusting as needed.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions will be delivered. Online work can make it easier to fit meetings around work and family obligations, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove commute time. Speak with the therapist during the matching process to clarify how sessions will be scheduled and what to expect.