Private Practice Of Arica Barton

Arica Barton, MA, LCPC, is a compassionate counselor with over 15 years of experience in the field. She adopts a restorative and relational approach in her practice, emphasizing a strengths perspective that fosters self-sufficiency and empowers individuals to engage in effective problem-solving. Arica values the critical role that parents and significant adults play in the lives of youth, and she works collaboratively to address youth behavior, enhance family communication, and promote positive parent leadership. Her trauma-informed lens creates a warm and safe environment where clients can tackle challenging yet vital issues. Arica specializes in restorative justice, parent-child relationships, behavioral issues, and effective discipline strategies. She also provides valuable support to individuals coping with mental health challenges such as Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, and Trauma and PTSD. Through her structured modalities—ranging from individual and couples therapy to family systems work—she facilitates a consensus-based approach to conflict resolution, inspired by native traditions. This unique integration of restorative justice within a therapeutic framework enables clients to openly communicate and collaboratively repair familial harm.