Barbara Drescher

I have spent the last 30 years of my career working with adults, children and families to improve their quality of life and offer therapeutic interventions that are personally meaningful to my clients. I have been a therapist since 2013 and was fully licensed in 2015, when I worked on an Emergency Services team. I provided crisis intervention and short term counseling to ease challenges of people with serious safety issues like having suicidal or homicidal thoughts. This work taught me to think on my feet in crisis situations. I, then, went on to work in a small private group practice and to open my own business. My main focus has been children and families in the last several years, however, I do see adults, as well. I have been practicing CBT and Psychodynamic talk therapies with children, young adults and older adults. I do not have experience with Geriatric clients. Upcoming, I have training scheduled to add EMDR to my toolkit in 2026. I am always looking to improve the quality of care that I provide to the people whom I serve!

I have a warm and thoughtful demeanor with my clients and work on the pace of counseling on an individual basis. As a client of mine, we will collaborate on the most successful plan and possible outcome, based on your, specific needs and desires for care. I am always gathering information about your tolerance and preferences, especially, in sharing about your trauma. We can go as fast or as slow, as you need!

At our first session, my goal is to make you comfortable and easing you into harder topics. I build rapport by gaining your trust and following through on ways to garner you the most help and satisfaction in your life.