LaDonna Barner, LMFT
Mississippi · 6 years in practice
LaDonna Barner is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and life changes.
License and registration
- LMFT, Mississippi
- T0539 · expires September 2027
- NPI
- 1023764495 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 6
- 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 LaDonna
LaDonna Barner is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and life changes. She keeps meetings straightforward and focused on practical steps people can use right away. Her approach aims to make sharing thoughts and feelings easier for anyone nervous about starting therapy.
Barner draws on systemic ideas to look at how patterns between people affect problems. She also uses client-centered methods to listen closely, and cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thinking.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to balance listening with small, doable experiments people can try between meetings. Her style is calm and direct. She encourages honest talk about emotions, boundaries, and what people want from their relationships.
Parents often find the focus on clear communication and simple strategies helpful when family life feels overwhelming. With six years of experience and an MS LMFT credential, Barner works from Mississippi and conducts sessions in English. She respects that starting therapy can feel hard and aims to make the process less intimidating.
People who come to her for help with anxiety, grief, trauma, mood concerns, or struggles with intimacy will find a practical, relationship-aware focus. Her goal is to help clients notice patterns, build new habits, and regain a sense of control over daily life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything LaDonna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches LaDonna names
- Systemic Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches work online
LaDonna often blends systemic thinking with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral techniques. Systemic ideas look at patterns between people to identify how interactions sustain problems, which is useful for relationship and family concerns. Client-centered care focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel heard and can explore goals at their own pace. Cognitive behavioral work helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior experiments to change how they feel.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will help clients clarify their goals and pick methods that match those goals and their day-to-day life. Over the first few sessions she checks in and adjusts the plan so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good option for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let clients send updates, ask quick questions, or keep a running dialogue between sessions. These options give flexibility for homework, shorter check-ins, and ongoing support while working toward change.
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Questions people ask
What concerns can LaDonna help with?
She helps people with relationship and family conflicts, parenting stress, self-esteem and motivation, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, eating and anger issues, bipolar and ADHD related concerns, and related challenges like attachment and body image.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines a systemic lens with client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions mix careful listening with practical steps to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working with people on relationship and mood-related issues.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds an MS and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Mississippi.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and starting therapy handled?
Cost varies with location and a subscription model is used that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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