Dr. Barbara Romfo, WV Psychologist 956

Dr. Barbara Romfo is a licensed psychologist in West Virginia with 34 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, and addictions. Her practice also addresses life transitions, workplace stress, and challenges related to chronic pain and disability.

Her approach blends calm listening with practical tools. She draws on Client-Centered methods to follow each person's pace. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and Motivational Interviewing to support commitment to change.

Dr. Romfo brings attention to women's issues, life purpose, impulsivity, and patterns of codependency. She works with people who want clearer boundaries, steadier moods, and better daily coping. Sessions aim to uncover strengths and build lasting routines that fit real life.

Her practice is informed by Christian principles, which shape how she discusses values and meaning when clients want that focus. She combines empathy with straightforward strategies so clients can try small changes between sessions.

People meet with her to sort out relationship concerns, parenting pressures, grief, career crossroads, or ADHD-related struggles. She helps set short-term goals and practical steps toward them. The emphasis is on steady progress and skills that can be used outside the therapy room.

Approaches that translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's lead to build trust and clarity. In practice this means the therapist reflects concerns back, asks gentle questions, and helps clients decide what matters most right now. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and shifting patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems in place. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday struggles because it leads to concrete homework and skill practice.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and comfort with skills-based work. Together they decide whether to emphasize CBT tools, DBT skills, values-focused conversations, or a blend that fits the person's needs.

If you are thinking about online work, confirm available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow focused check-ins during a lunch break or between appointments. It also lets therapists guide practical skill practice that you can use immediately in daily life.