Charlar Barnes, LPC

Charlar Barnes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a clinician with a decade of experience supporting adults through life transitions, stress, and relational challenges. An Army veteran and published author of "Losing Myself, Funding Me: The journey of survival, strength, and the courage to embrace your authentic self," she brings both lived experience and academic training to her therapeutic work. Barnes holds a Masters in Counseling and Psychology and a PsyD in Grief Counseling - a doctor of psychology degree with a clinical emphasis on bereavement and loss.

She works with people facing compassion fatigue, anxiety, grief, intimacy concerns, self-esteem struggles, and career or life-purpose questions, and she offers additional focus on issues such as body image, communication difficulties, forgiveness, isolation, jealousy, multicultural concerns, and veteran and armed forces issues. Her clinical approach blends client-centered methods with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to tailor treatment to each individual’s needs.

Barnes creates a supportive environment where clients can explore feelings and experiences with openness. She recognizes that beginning therapy often requires bravery and affirms the importance of taking that step toward personal growth and healing.