About Barbara
Barbara Uhl meets people where they are and helps them take the next steps. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
Barbara writes short, practical plans and talks through what matters to each person. Barbara is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in California with seven years of experience.
She uses a mix of approaches so conversations stay focused and useful. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs rather than a single method.
In sessions she listens with respect and sensitivity. Conversations are collaborative and aimed at small, doable changes.
She helps people notice patterns, test new ways of communicating, and build steady coping skills. Her work includes attention to attachment concerns, family of origin issues, and communication problems.
She also supports people dealing with chronic pain, illness, and disability, as well as recovery from drug and alcohol challenges. Barbara can help when issues include codependency, infidelity, jealousy, feelings of isolation, or questions about life purpose.
She also offers support around pregnancy and childbirth, forgiveness work, and women's issues. Her goal is to tailor the conversation to each person's priorities and pace.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and guides the conversation toward goals they choose for themselves. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches practical ways to change them, which can help with anxiety, stress, and self-esteem issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to rely more on listening and reflection, structured skill practice, or short-term solution-focused steps.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat works well for quick check-ins or when someone wants more flexible timing. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments and try therapy without rearranging a whole day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English