Alisha Barnes , LPC

Alisha Barnes is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with specialized training in complex trauma and a Master of Science in clinical and counseling psychology from Chestnut Hill College, earned in 2016. With eight years of clinical experience, she has developed substantial expertise supporting people facing addiction, traumatic stress including PTSD, codependency, depression, anxiety, and related mental health concerns. She uses a person-centered, trauma-informed framework that attends to the whole individual and explores how early experiences shape adult relationships and coping patterns.

Alisha partners with clients to identify meaningful goals and to design treatment plans tailored to each person’s needs, remaining flexible as those needs evolve. She draws on evidence-based strategies to foster awareness, build practical skills, and support sustainable behavioral change. Known for an open-minded and non-judgmental stance, she emphasizes honesty, respect, and empathy within the therapeutic relationship. Her approach balances structure with compassion to help clients navigate grief, relationship and family challenges, issues around identity and intimacy, and complex presentations such as co-occurring addiction and mood concerns.

Alisha aims to create a collaborative space where individuals can increase self-understanding, practice new ways of relating, and move toward healthier patterns over time.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages mindful awareness of thoughts and feelings while helping clients clarify personal values and take committed action toward meaningful change. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep people stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships influence current bonds and emotional responses - it helps with relationship struggles, attachment-related concerns, and family-of-origin issues by fostering safety and new relational experiences. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical, skills-based tools to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to develop healthier alternatives - it is effective for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and many everyday challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Alisha works collaboratively with clients to explore which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress and circumstances evolve. This collaborative stance helps ensure treatment feels relevant and manageable for each person.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility and accessibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, or through live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, family, and other commitments, and they allow continuity of support when in-person visits are not practical.