Caren Barnes

I am Caren Barnes, a licensed professional counselor in Texas. Your story is important and needs to be heard. I believe that you possess the power to heal and create a perspective that puts safety and clarity back in your world. I will help you find insight, feel valued, and discover the ways in which your body, mind, and spirit work in tandem to create harmony.

My approach offers compassion-focused sessions that consider your individual needs (emotional, cognitive, biological, social, environmental, and spiritual.) We can do this in the natural therapeutic setting of walk and talk therapy or in the office.

I have 20 years experience in counseling. I have worked with preteens through adults.

I have specialized training in depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, ADHD, and education. I have life experiences that extend my understanding as it relates to divorce, caregiving, parenting, and affirming all individuals.

My focus is to listen, validate your experiences, and help you recreate the story your hear inside to match your inherent worth and personal goals for improved health.

I will encourage exploration of emotions and thoughts, I will share nervous system regulation education & techniques, cognitive-behavioral strategies (CBT, DBT), mindfulness, and other research based practices.

I have walked alongside people grieving from the loss of a loved one, loss of relationships, loss of a career, and other difficult life transitions. Grief has no timeline. As we work through all that comes up, I help my clients search for meaning in this new reality so they can feel love more than pain.

I have helped individuals with significantly heightened or sensitive nervous systems decrease anxiety. Some of these individuals are considered neurodiverse, with challenges like ADHD and Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome.