Barbara Pettibone , LCSW, CSW

Barbara Pettibone, LCSW, CSW, is a licensed social worker practicing in Colorado. She holds the LCSW credential, which indicates Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and the CSW credential, indicating Clinical Social Worker. With 46 years of experience in mental health counseling, she has supported young adults, adults, and seniors across inpatient psychiatric hospitals and outpatient settings.

Her practice places particular emphasis on the needs of older adults, helping clients navigate the many changes that accompany aging - from loss and shifting relationships to adapting to health concerns. She combines long-standing clinical experience with a focus on practical support so clients can address the issues most affecting their daily lives.

Pettibone frames the therapeutic relationship around collaboration - she views the client as the decision-maker and partners with them to define problems and set achievable goals. She describes her style as honest, forthright, warm, and caring, offering steady support while clients do the work of change. Her treatment approach is flexible and individualized, drawing on insight-oriented work, mindfulness, behavioral techniques, grief-focused interventions, and other methods as appropriate to each person’s needs.

She approaches each new client as a companion on the path toward improved well-being and welcomes the opportunity to begin that journey together.

Integrating Therapeutic Approaches with Online Care

Barbara Pettibone draws on well-established therapeutic approaches to guide her online work, tailoring methods to each person’s circumstances. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relational patterns influence current connections and helps people heal relationship wounds and build more secure bonds. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the therapist’s supportive presence and unconditional respect, creating space for clients to explore their values and make their own changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more effective patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is determined collaboratively. Barbara works with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences and adapts techniques so the work fits each person rather than applying a single method across the board.

Online therapy sessions can be scheduled by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different lifestyles and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, busy schedules, or when travel is difficult, while allowing licensed professionals to provide consistent, targeted support from a distance.