About Wanda
Wanda Barnes is a licensed counselor with 15 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD. She speaks English and Romanian and practices in Florida as an LCPC and LMHC. Wanda aims to make it easier to take that first step toward feeling better.
In sessions she creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what’s hard. She listens first and then helps set small, manageable goals.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on practical changes that can make daily life feel more stable. Her work blends client-centered care with evidence-based tools. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Mindfulness techniques help with grounding and reducing reactivity. Wanda also uses solution-focused and trauma-informed methods when they fit a person’s needs. That means she helps identify strengths, build coping skills, and address past hurts at a pace the person chooses.
The approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. Sessions are offered online in several formats so therapy can fit into busy lives. Costs vary depending on location and a subscription model is used that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows the therapist’s availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. The therapist follows the client’s lead, helps clarify goals, and supports growth at a comfortable pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets patterns of thinking and behavior that make problems worse. It is practical and skill-based, helpful for anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges where structure and new routines can make day-to-day life easier.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and decide together which methods fit a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.
Online formats make regular care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper interactions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, and support between longer sessions. These options help therapy fit into work, school, or caregiving schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Maine
- Languages
- English, Romanian
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