Barry Plumlee, LMFT, LCMFT

Oklahoma · 21 years in practice

Barry Plumlee, LMFT, LCMFT, helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting struggles, grief, and mood disorders.

License and registration

LMFT, Oklahoma: LMFT01363 · expires December 2026
LMFT, Missouri: 2017030440 · expires February 2028
LCMFT, Kansas: LCMFT 703 · expires August 2027
NPI: 1962446245 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 21
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Barry

Barry Plumlee, LMFT, LCMFT, helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting struggles, grief, and mood disorders. He works with day-to-day challenges like sleeping problems, anger, and low self-esteem as well as complex concerns such as trauma, addiction, and family conflict. He keeps sessions practical and direct.

Conversations center on what’s happening now and what small steps could help. He draws on systemic ideas to look at how relationships and roles influence a person’s problems.

Background and approach

He also uses client-centered listening and techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy when useful. Barry has 21 years of experience in community mental health and family services. That background shaped his focus on real-life solutions for parents and adults coping with change, loss, and stressful work roles.

He aims to help people build clearer communication and stronger day-to-day routines. Sessions can include short skill-building, problem-solving, and deeper exploration of past experiences when it fits the client’s goals. He describes his style as respectful and collaborative, listening first and then offering options to try between meetings.

Barry holds Missouri licensure as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and carries related licensure in other states. He offers evening and Sunday appointment times to accommodate busy schedules. Sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Barry lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
ADHD
Addictions
Relationship issues
Grief
Sleeping disorders
Anger management
Self esteem
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
Adoption and foster care
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Blended family issues
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hearing impaired
Impulsivity
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Self-harm
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Young adult issues

Approaches Barry names

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Online support

Online approaches and how they fit your life

Barry blends Systemic Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address relationships, emotions, and daily behaviors. Systemic work looks at how family roles and patterns affect a person and helps identify small shifts that change how people interact. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building trust first so clients shape the pace and focus of the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or lift mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will talk with clients about goals and preferences and try methods that match those aims. That collaborative process helps decide whether to focus more on communication patterns, skills practice from CBT, or open-ended exploration.

Online therapy provides flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video lets people read body language and have a fuller conversation, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports brief, ongoing contact. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into evenings or weekend hours and to keep regular momentum between appointments.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Barry address?

He supports people with stress, anxiety, parenting struggles, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship issues, grief, sleep problems, anger, and mood disorders among other concerns.

How would you describe his therapeutic style?

Sessions are collaborative and practical, focusing on listening first and then offering concrete steps and skills to try between meetings.

What experience does he bring to therapy?

He has 21 years of experience working in community mental health and family services with adults, parents, and related client needs.

What credentials and location apply to this therapist?

He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the credentials LMFT and LCMFT and practices in Missouri.

Which languages and international arrangements are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and he is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Barry offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

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