- Stress and anxiety
- CBT and narrative
- Adoption and foster care
About Misty
Misty Faella is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Rhode Island with 17 years of experience. She works with adults and younger clients on issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, anger, addictions, grief, self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. She also focuses on adoption and foster care related concerns and caregiver stress.
She has extensive experience with people who have experienced neglect, abuse, or time in the child welfare system. That background shaped her work with grief, post-traumatic stress, and attachment questions. She has also supported adults working through substance use challenges and impulsivity concerns.
Misty uses a mix of approaches in conversation and planning. Those include client-centered methods that center the person's perspective, cognitive behavioral strategies for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, motivational interviewing to build readiness for change, narrative work to reframe life stories, and psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time.
Sessions tend to be interactive and practical. Misty aims to listen first, then help people name patterns and try small changes. She attends to communication problems, forgiveness work, and social anxiety as concrete topics to work on during sessions.
Her style avoids stigmatizing labels and treats the client as the expert in their life. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session; the practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. In practice this means the therapist listens, reflects what matters to the client, and follows their lead to build goals. This approach helps when anger feels tied to relationships or feeling misunderstood.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions use simple experiments and small behavior changes to reduce reactivity and test new responses to frustrating situations. Motivational Interviewing is a brief, practical way to explore readiness for change and strengthen a person’s own reasons for trying different behaviors.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels useful, then adjust methods together. That collaborative process helps match tools to the person’s situation rather than imposing a single method.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people try different session rhythms while the therapist and client decide what helps most.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Rhode Island
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to anger?
She works with anger alongside stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting strain, impulsivity, and communication problems.
How would she approach sessions on anger?
Her style is interactive and client-centered. She uses cognitive behavioral tools, narrative techniques, and motivational interviewing to help people notice triggers, test small changes, and reframe stories that fuel resentment.
How much experience does she have with these issues?
She has 17 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults on grief, trauma, substance use, ADHD, and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Rhode Island and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know whether video or phone sessions are offered.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.