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Barbara Pettibone

CO LCSW CSW.00001879
Credentials
CO LCSW CSW.00001879
NPI Number
1275136947
Location
Colorado
Languages
English
Barbara Pettibone

Accepting new clients

46 years experience
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About Barbara Pettibone

I’m a Clinical Social Worker, licensed in Colorado. I’ve been in the field of mental health counseling for over 40 years (I can hardly believe this!) and work with young adults, adults and seniors. My experience has been in both inpatient psychiatric hospitals and outpatient settings. I love my work and feel blessed to have found it. My specialty is work with seniors, particularly in addressing the many changes that come with aging — including loss, relationship changes, coping with health, etc.

I strongly believe that the client is the “boss” in therapy. You are hiring me to help you. Together, we identify the problem(s) you are presenting and the goals to help alleviate those problems. I am honest, forthright, warm and caring. While you are who will help you get better, I will be there to support you. My treatment approaches are varied. – I like to say that I use “whatever works”, whether that is insight oriented therapy, mindfulness, behavioral, grief work, etc.

I’m here to join you in your journey to health and can’t wait to meet you! Let’s begin!

Licenses

LCSW
CSW.00001879

Professional experience

  • Anger management
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Career difficulties
  • Coaching
  • Coping with life changes
  • Depression
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • LGBT
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • 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
  • 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
  • Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
  • 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
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Jungian Therapy
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Systemic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

15 Reviews

“Barbara is fantastic. She is attentive, supportive, and most important works hard with me to help. I am so glad she is here”

“Barbara is truly the best therapist I have worked with. She is supportive and provides just the right amount of nudge to encourage progress. I really enjoyed working with her and highly recommend her, I would work with her again.”

“Best therapist I’ve had.”

“Barbara's been a really wonderful therapist--she's helped me during two different significant times/events and she does a great job of both listening and also encouraging me to think about the rationale and root cause of what I'm feeling and why. The second time I sought out her help, after the death of a family member, I was actually really surprised to see--talking through things--how much emotional intelligence I had retained from the previous time she worked with me and how resilient I was in healing thanks to that.”

“Barbara has done everything possible in a situation that is difficult. I greatly appreciate her time and efforts.”

“Barbara continues to be a key resource for me in my quest for mental health. She is highly professional, yet also has the ability to connect personally even in a virtual meeting. Barbara has been flexible and open to changes in format to support my particular needs.”

“I feel very lucky to have been matched with Barbara. She helped me through a tough time, and helped me manage my thoughts and feelings after I had felt "stuck" and move forward from there. I can't put into words how much she helped me but I can recommend her highly for anyone seeking a compassionate and empathetic therapist. Thank you Barbara!”

“Barbra has helped and supported me to achieve the goals that I had originally set out to achieve in therapy. Helping me through one of the worst times of my life and giving me the tools to be the best version of myself. Barbara has kept me on course to move forward. All with a kind smile, great sense of humour and her lovely cat named Bodie. I cant recommend Barbara more, she is a down to earth topnotch councillor!”

“Simply put, the best psychotherapist I've had.”

“Couldn’t recommend Barbara more!”

“Barbara has helped me plumb into depths of my self that i have hidden from myself. Her patience is only one of her strong points.”

“Barbara was really kind, insightful, and helpful during my therapy. She was really good about understanding where my struggles were originating from and helped me to get a clearer understanding and better self confidence too! I'm really glad i got to work with her.”

“Working with Barbara has helped me in more ways than I can describe. She provided me with the ultimate safe place and her undivided attention and care during all of our sessions to see me through very challenging times. She approached every session with a unique level of empathy and thoughtfulness that let me be fully open with my experiences; I would consider myself to have made enormous progress towards my goals in therapy with Barbara.”

“Barbara has amazing skills in helping me assess the situations that had risen for me. She was super great in helping me navigate some stressful personal situations. She helped me achieve my goals. I would highly recommend Barbara!”

“Barbara is very experienced in therapy and in life. She is dedicated to understanding where you are coming from so she can ask the right questions. I always feel like I'm making a great use of my time when I speak with her and feel a noticeable improvement in how I manage my stress and navigate certain situations with my family. Thanks, Barbara!”

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