About Barry
Barry Wasser is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance concerns. He speaks plainly and aims to create a space where people can talk about what feels heavy and start making practical changes. Barry holds a Master of Social Work degree and has eight years of professional experience as a clinician.
He draws on several therapeutic approaches to match what a person needs in the moment.
How Barry works
Sessions focus on building trust, learning new coping skills, and setting realistic goals. Barry emphasizes a collaborative relationship where the person’s values and strengths guide treatment. His background includes work in a mental health homeless shelter and a transitional residence for adults with mental illness.
That work involved individual support, group therapy, and case management across different stages of recovery. These roles shaped a practical, solutions-oriented style. In sessions people can expect a mix of focused skills training and open conversation about life challenges.
Barry pays attention to how relationships, work, and health interact with someone’s mental state. He also addresses concerns such as sleep, parenting strain, grief, anger, self-esteem, and career stress. Barry considers each visit an opportunity to try new strategies and track progress.
He values clear communication, steady support, and helping people find workable steps toward feeling better. His practice is based in New Jersey and he sees clients in English.
Barry lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Barry works with
The areas below are the ones Barry selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Barry uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as central tools. ACT helps people name their values and take action toward them even when thoughts and feelings are difficult. CBT focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression.He also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how past relationships shape current connections and emotional responses. This approach can help with intimacy-related concerns, communication problems, and healing from relational wounds.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Barry collaborates with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. He checks in along the way and adjusts strategies when something isn’t helping.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing encouragement between full sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue progress across different situations.
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