Hello, my name is Barbara A Hibbits. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, License #113585. I began working in the mental health field in Alaska in my early 20’s, working in Special Education transportation, teaching drivers and bus attendants how to interact and care for special needs children. While I was working on my undergraduate degree in psychology, I began working with teenagers with emotional and behavioral needs due to trauma and abuse. Upon moving to California in 2008, I started working in the field of dual diagnosis treatment. I worked in dual diagnosis treatment for over 12 years, working with all types of mental health issues and substance abuse. I have been driven by my passion to fight addiction and to offer people the hope that they can live a healthy and happy life. I am adept at multiple treatment modalities including Experiential Therapy, Equine Therapy, LGBT Therapy, PTSD and trauma, and the Behavioral therapies (CBT, DBT, REBT).
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Avoidant personality, Body image, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Divorce and separation, Drug and alcohol addiction, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
CA LMFT 113585
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Barbara has been an incredible therapist and has made me feel comfortable and understood since the very beginning. It was not hard at all to feel that I could open up to her due to her warm and inviting manner. I hope I can continue receiving services through BetterHelp specifically to maintain the safe space Barbara Hibbits has helped create for me.
Written on Dec 20, 2023 after therapy with Barbara for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and career difficulties
She listens and really tries to meet you where you are at and understand the root causes of issues you are dealing with
Written on Dec 12, 2023 after therapy with Barbara for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, and adhd
I am so happy with Barbara Hibbits as my therapist. I feel so lucky and so happy to have been placed with such a caring and understanding therapist who has truly made such a difference to me.
Written on Feb 02, 2023 after therapy with Barbara for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and adhd
I’ve been with Betterhelp for about a month now. It was a little daunting to try a new form of therapy and to start again. Barbara always knows the right questions to ask. She’s a great listener and I’m grateful for each session we have!
Written on Dec 06, 2022 after therapy with Barbara for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder,