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Jacques-Paul Barbour, LMHC

  • Experience23 years
  • LocationMassachusetts
  • Focus areasAddictions, LGBT, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
  • LanguagesEnglish and Arabic
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About Jacques-Paul

Jacques-Paul Barbour is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Massachusetts who brings 23 years of clinical experience to his practice. He helps clients confronting addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, eating concerns, and stress, as well as family and parenting challenges.

Background and approach

Jacques-Paul's background spans independent practice work, crisis intervention in hospital emergency departments, and teaching psychology and human services courses at community colleges and four-year institutions. His approach blends a practical, solution-focused orientation with openness to exploring deeper emotional patterns when helpful.

Jacques-Paul emphasizes curiosity, respect, and collaboration, aiming to build a therapeutic relationship that supports meaningful change at a pace that feels manageable. He also attends to identity and sexuality topics with sensitivity, including work with LGBTQ concerns, compulsive sexual behaviors, and the emotional impact of serious illness.

Fluent in English and Arabic, Jacques-Paul offers care informed by diverse clinical settings and academic experience. He encourages clients to move toward greater clarity, resilience, and empowerment through a mix of direct interventions and thoughtful reflection tailored to each person’s needs.

Therapeutic approaches and online access

Jacques-Paul often draws on Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help clients notice and work with different inner parts - a practice that can reduce internal conflict and foster self-leadership by helping people relate to painful emotions and protective tendencies with curiosity rather than judgment. He also uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where the client's experience guides the pace and focus of work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another tool he employs to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns for problems like anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is treated as a collaborative process. He works with clients to tailor techniques to their goals, preferences, and needs, checking in and adjusting methods as trust builds and priorities change.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These formats can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain continuity between appointments, and access care from home or other convenient locations, while allowing licensed professionals to adapt interventions to work well in each medium.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Jacques-Paul supports people coping with addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, parenting and family difficulties, stress, career issues, and related challenges listed in his specialties.
What is his general therapeutic style?
He blends a client-centered, collaborative stance with a primarily solution-focused and practical orientation, while leaving room to explore deeper emotional patterns when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does he bring?
He has 23 years of clinical experience working across independent practice, hospital emergency departments, and academic settings teaching psychology and human services courses.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is licensed as an LMHC with credential details MA LMHC LMHC6306 and practices in Massachusetts.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Therapy is offered in English and Arabic, with Arabic fluency noted as Lebanese dialect in his background. He is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are provided online?
Clients can connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to the session options listed.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with him?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoaching

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

23+ years

Licensed

Massachusetts

Languages

English, Arabic