Barbara Neal

LMFT, M.A.
Accepting Clients

Hi and thank you for viewing my profile. I'm Barbara a licensed marriage and family therapist who enjoys helping live the life they seek.

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Riverside, CA

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Adolescent/Teen

About My Clients

I specialize in working with individuals who have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety and BPD. Through compassion, wisdom, and experience, I provide a safe, non-judgmental space where individuals can be their authentic self, express their desired living and work collaboratively with me to reach them. If you're motivated to do the work, I'm willing to be there to listen, support and guide you through your challenges to help you reach your goals.

My Background and Approach

My goal is to help you gain an understanding of what you're going through and provide you with the skills needed to live the life you're seeking. My approach starts by gaining an understanding of you and what brought you to therapy as well as the contributing factors that may be negatively impacting you. I provide psychoeducation to help you understand yourself before moving into the work of identifying, developing and working towards your goals. Through compassion, wisdom, and experience, I'll help you gain insight and learn the tools necessary to help you be the person you want to be. We'll work together to develop awareness, challenge unhelpful patterns and thoughts, and implement strategies that fit your individual needs and will allow you to make meaningful and sustainable change. I take and individualized approach and consider all parts of your background to have an understanding of you, your strengths, and your challenges.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe that mental health should be easily accessible to alI. I believe we develop mental health issues due to negative experiences and learned unhealthy patterns of behaviors, thoughts, and beliefs. I also believe we all have the right to live our best life based on how we see fit and I'm here to help you do just that. I believe in inclusion and consider myself an ally to those facing discrimination, or challenges, and vulnerable populations. I have undergone and continue to seek out training and education that is culturally informed. I am experienced in working with individuals from various ethnic, gender and socioeconomic backgrounds and as a minority having experienced my own forms of oppression, I am passionate about working with others who've experienced oppression. If you think I am a good fit for you, please reach out to me!

Techniques I Use

Other Techniques
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Anger Management Therapy
  • Attachment Theory
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Couples Counseling
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Family Therapy
  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)
  • Trauma Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Anxiety Depression Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Other Issues
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Veterans/Military Service
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Out of Network
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Evernorth
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Interfaith

At A Glance

  • Experience: 14 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $125 - 150/session

Info

Email Barbara
4181 Flat Rock Dr Suite 302
Riverside, CA 92505

Reach out to Barbara