Barnetta Young, LPC

Barnetta Young is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia. She focuses on common and painful concerns like anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and trauma. She offers straightforward help for sleeping and eating problems, anger, low self-esteem, and the strain of life changes.

Barnetta uses a mix of practical methods to help people notice patterns and try different ways of coping. She leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to break unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits. She also draws on client-centered conversations that honor each person’s experience and solution-focused work to set clear goals and small first steps.

Her practice emphasizes respect for cultural identity and life context. She has 25 years of experience working with people dealing with workplace stress, social isolation, and multicultural concerns. Her approach centers on listening first and tailoring strategies to fit each person’s situation.

Sessions aim to build skills people can use between meetings, such as coping tools for anxiety, techniques for managing mood, and communication strategies for relationship strain. Barnetta supports people through grief, trauma recovery, and challenges like codependency, attachment concerns, and caregiver stress.

She provides services in English and works online through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Barnetta is based in Georgia and holds the LPC credential.

How practical approaches meet online therapy

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and insomnia. It tends to be structured and goal oriented, with clear exercises to practice between sessions.

Client-centered therapy gives people space to speak and be heard without pressure. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects what is said, and supports self-directed insight and growth.

Solution-focused therapy targets specific, achievable goals and looks for quick, concrete steps that move a person forward. It is useful when someone wants short-term focus on change and measurable progress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to identify needs, preferences, and goals, and then try methods that fit. That plan can change over time as progress and new priorities emerge.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can fit short check-ins or when someone prefers typing. These options make it possible to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or other life demands while using the same therapeutic approaches offered in person.