About LaDonna
LaDonna Barner is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Mississippi who focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. She talks with people about relationship strain, parenting stress, low self-esteem, mood changes, and attention difficulties. Her approach is down-to-earth and direct, aimed at helping people feel understood and more capable in daily life.
She creates a calm space where clients can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions often begin with what feels most urgent - a worry, a conflict, or a pattern a person wants to change.
Background and approach
LaDonna listens for strengths and small steps that can be built into lasting routines. LaDonna uses a mix of methods that match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered work to prioritize the person’s perspective and on cognitive behavioral ideas to test and change unhelpful thoughts.
For couples or partners she can use Gottman Method ideas to improve communication and repair cycles. Her style is collaborative and practical. She helps people set clear goals and tries small experiments between sessions.
Progress is discussed openly so adjustments can be made as needed. LaDonna has six years of professional experience as an LMFT - licensed marriage and family therapist. She works with adults in Mississippi and conducts sessions in English.
If someone prefers video, phone, live chat, or text, those formats are offered to suit different schedules.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening to the person and making their goals central. Online sessions let LaDonna follow the client’s lead, talk through what matters most, and build plans that fit daily life. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In video or phone sessions she guides clients through practical exercises and homework that can be practiced between meetings. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name emotions and reshape interaction patterns in relationships, which can be explored by partners or individuals through guided conversations.Choosing the right approach is usually a joint decision. LaDonna works with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adapts the plan if something isn’t working, keeping the process collaborative and transparent.
Online therapy offers flexibility for those juggling work, family, or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared screen work for exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while still focusing on meaningful change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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