Barbara Mey, LMHC

Barbara Mey is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Rhode Island with 20 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, addiction and recovery concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, and other life changes. She also lists blended family issues among her focus areas. Barbara uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people cope and move forward.

She frames sessions as a collaborative process. Barbara listens for patterns that keep problems repeating. She introduces skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas also appear in her work to clarify values and short-term steps that match them.

Her training includes a master’s degree from Providence College and an advanced graduate certificate from Salve Regina University. Her background includes nearly a decade in community mental health and work at a substance abuse clinic. That experience shaped her approach to mood disorders, PTSD, substance use, and long-term adjustment issues.

In practice she mixes talk and skill practice. Sessions often involve naming patterns, testing small changes, and checking what works. She can also draw on motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods when people want help with specific behavior changes or short-term goals.

People find her straightforward and consistent in session. She aims to help clients build coping skills and practical plans they can use between meetings. If someone is managing blended household stress, co-parenting friction, or shifting roles after a separation, she addresses those topics alongside other concerns.