Philicia Barbieri, LMHC, LPC

Philicia Barbieri is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping adults and couples navigate addiction recovery, mood concerns, and major life changes. She presents a calm, accepting presence and offers practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. Sessions emphasize collaboration and steady progress, with attention to what matters most to each person.

With a decade of clinical experience beginning in 2013, she has worked in crisis counseling, community programs, and group therapy settings. That background shapes an approach that is adaptable and down-to-earth. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to address unhelpful thinking and behavior, and motivational interviewing to support change when people feel stuck.

Philicia is trauma-informed and integrates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, for people who have traumatic memories that keep affecting daily life. Mindfulness practices and breathing exercises are often included to help with emotional regulation and grounding. Yoga techniques are sometimes suggested when movement or body-based practices fit a person’s goals.

Her work includes support for substance use and addiction-related concerns alongside depression, anxiety, grief, and intimacy issues. She also helps people facing chronic illness, family problems, codependency, and work-related stress. Sessions aim to make progress practical and usable between meetings.

Philicia earned her Master’s in Professional Counseling from Carlow University in 2015 and holds licenses as an LMHC and LPC. She sees clients in Pennsylvania and works with English-speaking people, including those outside the United States.

How her approaches translate to online work

Philicia uses several evidence-based methods that adapt well to remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and then testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce symptoms. It helps with anxiety, depression, and coping skills for day-to-day challenges.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, centers on emotions and attachment needs in relationships. It helps couples and individuals understand emotional responses and create safer connection patterns. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, helps people process distressing memories that continue to cause reactions in daily life and can be offered with careful pacing online when appropriate.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, preferences, and current needs, and can adjust methods as progress is made.

Confirm which session formats are available before booking so you know how remote work will be arranged. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and keep consistent momentum during recovery or life transitions. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices, and EMDR-informed strategies to an online setting when that format is chosen.