Destinee Barker, LCSW, PMH-C

(she/her)

Bloom Within Counseling PLLC

LCSW

Clients I Work With

I work with individuals across Tennessee navigating pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood, including anxiety, depression, mood changes, identity shifts, and adjustment to new roles. I also work with couples seeking support with communication, connection, and life transitions, as well as teens who need a safe, affirming space to explore emotions, stress, and relationships. I provide virtual, evidence-based, compassionate perinatal mental health care. I accept Cigna, Aetna, and CHAMPVA, with BCBS and Tricare pending, and I am currently accepting new clients.

Approach

I provide compassionate, trauma-informed, virtual therapy for adults, teens, and couples across Tennessee. My approach is warm, authentic, and collaborative, combining evidence-based therapies like CBT, ACT, IFS, and Gottman-informed interventions for couples. I tailor therapy to each client’s unique identity, experiences, and goals, with a focus on perinatal and postpartum mental health, life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship challenges. I create a safe, judgment-free space where humor, honesty, and realness are encouraged, helping clients feel seen, supported, and empowered to heal and grow.

Beliefs & Lived Experience

I believe in social justice, human rights, and equity, and I am a proud ally of the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a BIPOC Black woman with lived experience of grief, I bring personal insight and empathy to my work. I honor each client’s unique identity, culture, and experience, and I strive to create a safe, affirming space where all voices are heard, respected, and valued.

More About My Practice

Virtual only but serving TN statewide.

Ages Served

Adults
Older Adults (65+)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)

Services Provided

Child and Teen Therapy
Couples Therapy
Individual Therapy

Languages Spoken

English

Specializations

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Processing (CPT)
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
Gottman Method
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Specialties

Anxiety
Attachment
BIPOC
Chronic Pain and Illness
Codependency
Depression
Divorce
Gender Identity
Grief
Infertility
LGBTQ+
Men's Issues
Parenting
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Racial Identity
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Trauma and PTSD
Veterans/Military
Women's Issues

Insurance and Payment

Payment Accepted

Credit

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Out of Network (Superbills Provided)

Private Pay (Superbills Not Provided)

Sliding Scale

Session Fees

$75

-$150

Insurance Accepted

Aetna
Carelon Behavioral Health
CHAMPVA
Cigna

State Licensed In

Tennessee
Texas