Barbara Gibbons
Practical, affirming therapy for complex emotional concerns
LCSW Delaware
- Experience
- 11 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Barbara
Barbara Gibbons is a licensed clinical social worker who offers focused support for people managing anxiety, stress, addiction challenges, grief, mood concerns, and questions related to gender and sexuality.
Background and approach
With 11 years of clinical experience, she works from an affirming stance that attends to trauma, panic symptoms, codependency, and compassion fatigue while helping clients strengthen coping skills and emotional resilience. Her practice blends evidence-based techniques with a compassionate, individualized style.
Barbara draws on cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness practices to help clients identify unhelpful patterns, develop practical tools, and increase present-moment awareness. She also incorporates trauma-focused methods when past events are central to a person’s distress, aiming to reduce the impact of traumatic memories on daily functioning.
Licensed in Delaware and Pennsylvania (PA LCSW CW017849; DE LCSW Q1-0012713), she provides care in English and focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where people can explore identity, intimacy, sleep or anger concerns, and life transitions. Barbara’s work emphasizes collaboration, skill-building, and steady progress toward clearer goals.
CBT, Mindfulness, and Trauma-Informed Support Online
Barbara commonly integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness techniques into her online practice. CBT focuses on helping people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and addictive behaviors. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and stress reduction exercises that can ease rumination, improve sleep, and support emotion regulation. Trauma-focused therapy is used when past events continue to affect daily life, offering strategies to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and their triggers.Finding the right therapeutic approach is treated as a collaborative process. She works with each client to explore goals, preferences, and the nature of the difficulties they are facing, and then tailors methods accordingly rather than prescribing a single route up front. This joint decision making helps ensure the selected techniques fit the person's needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats can make it easier to maintain consistent care while fitting therapy into daily routines, and they allow clients to access evidence-informed strategies like CBT and mindfulness from wherever they are located in Delaware.
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Experience
11+ years
Licensed
Pennsylvania, Delaware
Languages
English