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Dr. Carla Barnes, LPC

  • Experience9 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Carla

Dr. Carla Barnes brings nearly a decade of clinical counseling experience to her work, building on a longer career in education and school counseling.

Background and approach

As an LPC licensed in Texas (TX LPC 82736), she integrates mental health, nutrition, and wellness perspectives to support people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addictions, and a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges.

Her background includes training as a certified school teacher and a master of science in nutrition, which inform a holistic orientation to care. Dr.

Barnes uses a range of evidence-informed approaches to help clients develop practical coping skills and deeper emotional insight. She draws on Internal Family Systems alongside attachment-based and client-centered methods, and incorporates cognitive and behavioral strategies when useful.

This blend suits people who want both symptom relief and a thoughtful exploration of patterns that affect relationships, self-esteem, parenting, career choices, and life transitions. She accepts international clients and conducts sessions from Texas using several remote formats.

How Dr. Barnes’ Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Internal Family Systems (IFS) invites individuals to notice and relate to the different parts of their internal experience, helping people reduce inner conflict and cultivate compassion for themselves; this approach can be useful for trauma, anxiety, and patterns that feel stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns formed early in life and explores how those patterns shape current connections and emotional safety, which can help with intimacy, communication, and grief. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and collaboration, giving clients space to guide the pace and focus of sessions while the therapist offers support and validation.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try different strategies, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful and aligned with personal preferences and needs.

Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it possible to access consistent care without travel, offering flexibility for scheduling, continuity during life changes, and different ways to engage depending on comfort level. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches effectively across remote formats to support skill building, emotional processing, and practical problem solving.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?
Dr. Barnes works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and many other emotional and adjustment challenges listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach blends Internal Family Systems with attachment-based and client-centered methods, and she also uses cognitive-behavioral and dialectical techniques when appropriate to address both emotional patterns and practical coping skills.
What is her professional experience?
She has nine years of experience as a mental health counselor and a longer background in education and school counseling, along with graduate study in nutrition that informs a holistic view of wellbeing.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the credential TX LPC 82736 and practices from Texas; she also accepts international clients.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English and she is available to work with international clients who can participate in English-language sessions.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and therapist availability.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsGuilt and shameImmigration issuesIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Social anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

9+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English