Alisha Barnes, LPC
Pennsylvania · 8 years in practice
Alisha Barnes is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on emotions and relationships in therapy.
License and registration
- LPC, Pennsylvania
- PC012090 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1386302594 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Alisha
Alisha Barnes is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on emotions and relationships in therapy. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other practical approaches to help people feel understood and move through painful experiences. Her style is warm and direct, with an emphasis on clear goals and steady progress.
Alisha brings eight years of clinical experience in Pennsylvania. She has worked with people facing addiction, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, and grief.
Background and approach
She also helps with intimacy issues, relationship and family concerns, sleep difficulties, anger, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment concerns, codependency, and challenges linked to adoption and foster care. In sessions she leans on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach concrete skills.
She uses Client-Centered and Attachment-Based ideas to build trust and understand how past experiences shape present behavior. The work combines emotion-focused exploration with practical steps clients can try between sessions. Alisha emphasizes a collaborative process.
She and the client set clear treatment goals and adjust plans as needed. Her manner is open-minded, nonjudgmental, and compassionate, and she pays close attention to how relationships and life history affect current struggles. People who choose her can expect focused sessions that balance feeling understood with skill-building.
Her practice supports people through complicated emotions, addiction recovery, trauma recovery, and major life transitions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Alisha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Alisha names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion-focused and practical therapies online
Alisha draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and work through strong feelings that affect relationships and wellbeing. EFT focuses on recognizing emotional patterns, naming feelings, and using that insight to change how people interact and relate to themselves and others.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to teach how to accept difficult thoughts and emotions while taking actions that align with personal values. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where avoidance has become limiting. Attachment-Based Therapy informs her work on how early relationship experiences shape current patterns, which can help with intimacy, codependency, and family of origin issues.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different methods, then adjust the plan over time. This helps ensure sessions match what the client needs and how they prefer to work.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face interaction and deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter coaching-style support, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make care more flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules.
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Questions people ask
What issues does this therapist address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with practical therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to pair emotional work with concrete skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience working in clinical settings and with clients facing addiction, trauma, codependency, mood concerns, and other mental health issues.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients; sessions are offered in English for people located within the United States.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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