Barnetta Young, LPC

Barnetta Young is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She also supports those dealing with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and issues like intimacy, eating, and sleeping. Her style is warm and practical, aimed at helping people manage everyday challenges and tough life changes.

With 25 years of experience, she centers sessions on each person’s real-life needs. She listens first, then works together with clients to set practical goals. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings, and on building skills that fit daily routines.

Her background includes long-term work with people experiencing social isolation, workplace pressures, and multicultural concerns. Barnetta pays attention to how identity and culture shape stress and coping, and she respects each person’s story as part of the work.

She uses approaches that emphasize the client’s perspective, thinking patterns, and short-term problem solving. Those methods help people reframe unhelpful thoughts, sharpen coping tools, and identify specific changes that make life more manageable.

People who choose Barnetta can expect steady, respectful collaboration. She focuses on clear communication, practical assignments, and building emotional resilience over time.

Approaches that guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client’s perspective and strengths. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people find their own solutions to stress, relationship problems, and identity concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try small behavior changes, and build new coping skills for anxiety, depression, and cravings related to addictions.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on practical change and clear next steps. It is often brief and goal-oriented, useful for people wanting concrete strategies to handle immediate problems like sleep disruption, anger, or communication issues.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick or blend methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice evolves as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats are offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people access consistent help when they live far from in-person options.