Barbara Pettibone, LCSW, CSW

Barbara Pettibone, LCSW, CSW, offers steady support for people facing big life transitions. She has decades of experience listening, coaching, and helping people find clearer footing. Barbara aims to create a straightforward, respectful space where the client's concerns guide the work.

She has worked in inpatient psychiatric hospitals and outpatient settings across a long career of more than 46 years. That background informs how she helps with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and coping with life changes such as aging. Barbara often supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career stress, and identity questions including LGBT issues.

Her style centers on the client as the driver of therapy. Together with each person she defines the problems, sets practical goals, and chooses methods that fit. She uses a mix of attachment-based ideas, client-centered conversation, cognitive-behavioral tools, dialectical skills, and emotionally-focused work depending on what helps.

Sessions commonly involve talking through the current difficulty, learning coping skills, and trying small changes between meetings. Barbara describes herself as honest, direct, warm, and caring while encouraging each person to take the lead on their healing process.

She has particular experience supporting older adults through losses and health changes, but also sees young adults and adults. Barbara is based in Colorado and works in English. If you want to explore midlife questions or the challenges of aging, she may be a helpful guide.

Approaches that guide online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and safety in connections; it helps with trust, abandonment worries, and improving close bonds. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's pace, helping people feel heard while they clarify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try methods, and adjust as needed so the plan fits the person rather than forcing a single model. That collaborative stance helps people try new skills while knowing they are supported.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering options that suit quieter or lower-bandwidth situations. Licensed professionals can use these flexible arrangements to keep momentum between appointments and help clients apply skills in real time.