Barbara Pettibone, LCSW, CSW
Colorado · 46 years in practice
Barbara Pettibone is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Colorado.
License and registration
- LCSW, Colorado
- CSW.00001879 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1275136947 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 46
- 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 Barbara
Barbara Pettibone is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Colorado. She brings 46 years of experience in mental health and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions. Barbara aims to meet clients where they are and build practical plans together.
She often works with adults and seniors and has experience in both inpatient psychiatric hospitals and outpatient settings. That background helps when the issues involve major life shifts, health changes, or loss.
Background and approach
Barbara describes the client as the 'boss' and centers sessions around each person’s goals. Her approach mixes insight-oriented work with techniques from cognitive behavioral methods, attachment ideas, and mindfulness. She also draws on Jungian perspectives when exploring meaning, symbols, and deeper patterns.
Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, simple coping skills, and honest conversation. Barbara is plainspoken, warm, and direct. She supports people who are dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, caregiving burdens, body image or self-esteem struggles, workplace pressures, and mood conditions including bipolar disorder.
She also helps with issues like abandonment, codependency, and chronic illness adjustment. She offers practical guidance alongside emotional support. Together with each client she identifies problems, sets realistic goals, and tracks progress.
The tone in sessions is supportive and straightforward, with an emphasis on what will help in daily life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Barbara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Barbara names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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Online support
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Barbara blends Jungian perspectives, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered work in ways that can adapt well to remote sessions. Jungian therapy looks at symbols, dreams, and life patterns to uncover meaning and deeper conflicts; it can help people reframe life changes and grief. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past bonds affect current relationships and emotional responses, which is useful for intimacy, parenting, and caregiver stress. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's goals and experience, offering a respectful, listening-based approach that supports self-directed change.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. She will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what feels most helpful. Together they try different techniques and settle on what fits the client’s goals and daily life rather than imposing a single method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different situations. Video calls allow fuller face-to-face conversation and work well for deeper discussion. Phone sessions can use less bandwidth and fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging make it easy to check in between sessions or use brief coaching and coping reminders. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Barbara address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and caregiver stress, bipolar disorder, and related concerns such as abandonment and codependency.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a mix of client-centered conversation, insight work, and skills-based techniques. Sessions are warm, direct, and focused on practical steps that fit each person's life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 46 years of experience in mental health, including work in inpatient psychiatric hospitals and outpatient settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices from Colorado as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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