Therapist profile
Dr. Jillian Barna, LMFT
California
LMFT - Addiction and mood concerns
Continue with JillianWhere Jillian stands
- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, California / 149545
- NPI
- 1366752420
- Experience
- 19 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- Addiction support
- Anxiety and stress
- Attachment and codependency
About Jillian
Dr. Jillian Barna is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California with 19 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, relationship concerns, and LGBT matters. Her approach grows out of long clinical work with people facing addiction and mood-related struggles.
Barna focuses on practical steps a person can try between sessions. She treats addiction and drug or alcohol concerns as part of a broader life picture. She also helps people who wrestle with attachment or codependency patterns and ongoing communication problems.
In sessions she uses techniques from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice what keeps problems going. She draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and motivational interviewing when someone is deciding whether to change a habit. Narrative therapy ideas help people name their own story and try a different plot.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She listens for what matters most to the person seeking help and then suggests small experiments to try between meetings. People often leave sessions with clear small steps to practice and talk about next time.
Dr. Barna’s background across nearly two decades includes a lot of work with addiction and related mood and relationship issues. She combines talk therapy with skill-based practice to help people regain a sense of control over daily life.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions can help
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the client. It helps people clarify their priorities and feel heard before deciding on next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and offers practical exercises to test new ways of reacting to stress and anxiety. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that are useful when intense feelings or panic attacks get in the way of daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review goals, past strategies, and preferences together and then recommend which methods to emphasize. That plan can change as progress is made or needs shift so the client helps shape the path forward.
Confirm the session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session would be hard to schedule. It can also let someone practice skills they learn in therapy in their regular surroundings and bring those experiences back to the next meeting for review.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, relationship issues, and LGBT concerns, plus related topics such as attachment issues and codependency.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, using client-centered listening alongside skill-based techniques to set small steps between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 19 years of experience working with people facing addiction, mood concerns, and relationship problems.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and practices in that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.