LaDonna Barner, LMFT

LaDonna Barner is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing relationship and life challenges. She focuses on the thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people respond to stress, parenting demands, and conflicts. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making it easier to talk about difficult feelings and try new ways of relating.

With six years of professional experience, she works with people on issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and mood differences including bipolar. She also supports those dealing with grief, anger, body image concerns, and intimacy-related problems. LaDonna pays attention to how daily routines and thinking patterns keep problems stuck, and she helps clients notice small changes that make life feel better.

Her approach blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused work. She may use Gottman-informed ideas when relationship interaction patterns are causing repeated conflict. Sessions are conversational and grounded in practical steps people can try between meetings.

LaDonna draws on experience working with family and parenting concerns, blended family dynamics, attachment struggles, and caregiver stress. She also addresses challenges tied to adoption and foster care, aging, chronic illness, and communication problems.

She practices in Mississippi and conducts sessions in English. Signing up begins with a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability. The process is intended to help people take the first brave step toward clearer thinking and steadier everyday habits.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding a person's perspective and helping them feel heard. Online sessions using this approach center the client's experience and encourage reflection on thoughts and daily habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and habit shifts during remote work or busy schedules. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name core emotions and change interaction patterns that cause distance or conflict.

Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That plan can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can tailor session tasks and homework to suit remote work, caregiving routines, or limited bandwidth so people can build steadier everyday habits without major schedule upheaval.