When you meet Barb, you'll immediately experience her warmth and her openness. She'll encourage and foster genuine and honest communication, building a collaborative relationship with you that'll best support your healing. Barb is caring, honest, straightforward, non-judgmental, and empathetic. Barb will help you learn how to deal with life's challenges and aches. You can expect to learn effective strategies to build mastery, resiliency, and competency in your life.
Barb has extensive experience working with people managing depression, treating trauma, healing anxiety, working through family of origin issues, and navigating divorce, conduct issues, addiction, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and more. Barb utilizes empathic listening, psycho-education, and grounding and mindfulness strategies.
Each session is tailored to who you are as an individual and focused on your needs and goals for therapy: For treating trauma, stress, and anxiety disorders, Barb utilizes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and/or sand play or play therapy.
Barbra Montoya, LPC is in network for the following plans:
Aetna Behavioral Health Systems Blue Cross Blue Shield Cigna and Evernorth ComPsych Multiplan Optum PHCS UMR United Behavioral Health UnitedHealthcare