- Attachment work
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practice
About Niquanna
Niquanna Barnett is a Wisconsin licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 13 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, and depression. She also addresses guilt and shame alongside issues like attachment, abandonment, and body image.
Her sessions focus on clear, practical conversation about what feels stuck. She uses a client-centered stance and listens for the patterns that keep problems repeating. From there she draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions.
Niquanna also uses cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them in everyday life. Emotionally-focused techniques help people name difficult feelings and practice different ways of responding in close relationships. Mindfulness practices are offered to build steady attention and reduce reactivity.
She aims to collaborate on goals and a step-by-step plan you can try between sessions. Typical topics include communication problems, trust and abandonment fears, control or impulsivity, and handling caregiver stress. Guilt and shame are addressed by noticing their roots and shifting self-directed messages.
Sessions are conversational and intentional. Clients leave with small, practical experiments to try and ways to track progress over time. People who choose her work often want straightforward tools and clearer patterns to help make different choices going forward.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of closeness and distance that began in earlier relationships. Online conversations can map those patterns and reveal how they show up in current relationships. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and the client's own goals, making space to name what matters and plan next steps together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing thoughts and trying small behavior experiments to test them, which can be practiced between sessions.Choosing the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. She will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is tracked. Sessions are meant to be a team effort where techniques are tried and reviewed.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking since the original biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people continue work without traveling. Therapists and licensed professionals often use those practical advantages to help clients follow through on the small experiments and communication practices they try between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Niquanna helps adults with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and depression. She also works on related topics like guilt and shame, attachment problems, and caregiver stress.
How would she approach shame or guilt?
She uses a mix of client-centered listening, attachment-based perspectives, and cognitive behavioral techniques to notice where shame and guilt come from and to test alternative self-messages.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional work experience supporting adults with emotional and relationship concerns.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in Wisconsin and practices in that state.
Can I work with her in another language?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept clients outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.