Lindsay Barker

Divorce, blended-families, and single-parent families create a level of complexity for the parents as well as the children that often require the intentionality of counseling to bring healing and restoration to a family. I have been able to offer an environment for these individuals and families in varying capacities for over 10 years. I offer individual counseling, Family Systems and Parenting Coaching and Counseling, as well as co-parenting classes.

My professional life began over 15 years ago in the elementary classroom teaching children on the Autism Spectrum. My experience has evolved over countless hours of training in ASD through symposiums, conferences, collaborations, and research. I have now worked with children through adults who find themselves diagnosed, or experiencing symptoms of ASD find self-love, enriched relationships, and more effective functioning.

Whether a child has attachment issues due to adoption, abuse, or a detached parent, I have worked closely for over 15 years, in varying capacities, to bring a child to a place where they recognize and advocate for their need for love and connection from a parent, and heal in the places in their hearts where they have been wounded from a lack of needs being met. I am also able to work with parents who find themselves struggling to heal from their own attachment wounds.

Everyone has a story and perspective unique to their personality, upbringing, culture, experiences, and so on. This uniqueness is deserving of having therapy designed to best suit their specific needs, what they believe is important, and allows them to determine the direction of personal growth. As a counselor, I am honored to let the client lead their journey of healing while facilitating, offering alternative perspectives and practical tools.

CBT creates an environment conducive to building awareness, insight, and forward movement. It is the process of becoming attuned to thought processes and how they affect actions, counseling takes that process into producing change.

Attachment is the crucial tenet of a child needed to develop a healthy relationships, and ultimately, a healthy view of self. When there has been attachment wounds, it can affect a person's ability to create and maintain secure and stable relationships. Counseling provides an opportunity for an individual to safely and freely explore attachment wounds, heal from hurt and unmet needs, and begin to proceed in relationships with greater awareness and intentionality in healthy interactions.