Barbara Nosal

Barbara Nosal, PhD, LMFT, LADC, is the Founding Clinical Director of Newport Academy and oversees the clinical and family programs for Newport Healthcare’s residential and outpatient treatment programs. Dr. Nosal has worked with adolescents and families in the field of mental health, teenage depression, and addiction treatment for more than 25 years. Her work focuses on deepening family relationships with improved communication by healing early childhood attachment ruptures and relational trauma. As a result, family members feel safe to be vulnerable and authentic with one another with increased respect, trust and accountability.

Dr. Barbara Nosal specializes in relational and attachment family therapy with training in Attachment-Based Family Therapy, Family Systems, Post-Induction Therapy, as well as various other therapeutic modalities. Dr. Nosal has held managerial positions in inpatient and outpatient treatment programs in San Mateo, San Diego, and Orange County, California