Jaime Barilla , LPC

Jaime Barilla is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey who brings 13 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families through a wide range of challenges. She has worked in both in-home and office settings, helping clients navigate issues such as behavioral concerns in children, parenting and family conflict, parent-child relationship struggles, depression, anxiety, trauma, infertility-related stress, and self-injurious behaviors. Jaime also offers support for relationship difficulties, grief, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, and coping with life changes.

She owns and runs a company that provides in-home counseling services to high-risk children and families, supervising a team of clinicians who deliver care where it is most needed. Her counseling style is warm, engaging, personable, and down-to-earth, and she emphasizes respect and sensitivity while working collaboratively with clients to set meaningful treatment goals.

Jaime uses a person-centered approach that meets clients where they are and allows them to guide the focus of treatment. She incorporates evidence-based techniques, including cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused counseling, adapting interventions to each client’s needs. Seeking help is a courageous step, and Jaime aims to create a supportive environment to help clients move toward their goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support with Jaime Barilla

Jaime integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) into her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a supportive environment in which the client’s experience guides the work, helping individuals and families identify priorities and move at their own pace. CBT is a practical, skills-based approach that examines how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches techniques to manage anxiety, depression, and stress-related patterns. DBT emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness and can be especially helpful for intense emotions, relationship challenges, and coping skills development.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Jaime collaborates with each client to determine which methods best fit their goals, preferences, and unique circumstances. She adapts techniques over time as needs evolve so the work remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy with Jaime offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to access consistent care from home, during work breaks, or between other commitments, and they allow therapists to tailor session formats to what works best for each person while maintaining a collaborative therapeutic relationship.