Barb is an interactive, solution-focused therapist. Her therapeutic approach is to provide support, practical feedback, and useful tools,strategies, and resources to help clients effectively address personal life challenges and achieve life goals. She integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion and understanding, she works with each individual to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they wish to experience.
Education: Masters of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986; Wofford College, BS cum laude, Psychology License: Licensed Clinical Social Worker # C000253 NC
Additional Training: Emotional Freedom Technique/Energy Focused Therapy; Mindfulness; Duke Family Studies Program; Peak Potential training
Professional Experience:
- 14 years as a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University
- 10 years as a Clinical Supervisor in the Duke Family Studies Program
- 10 years as the project manager of the Duke Universtiy Collaborative Twin Studies of Alzheimers Disease
- 3 years as a counselor at Elon University in the Student Counseling Center
- 10 years as a health and wellness coach
Memberships: North Carolina Society of Clinical Social Workers
