About Geralynn
Geralynn Barney is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes. She creates an affirming space for people navigating LGBT concerns, parenting stresses, career questions, compassion fatigue, and the fallout from trauma or abuse. Geralynn focuses on practical, step-by-step strategies.
She uses approaches that help a person change unhelpful thoughts, build calm through present-moment practices, and set short-term goals to get unstuck.
How Geralynn works
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with time to process emotions and learn new coping skills. Her background includes long experience with grief, chronic illness and pain, adoption and foster care issues, and the complex emotions that follow separation or divorce. She also supports people dealing with codependency, communication problems, domestic violence aftermath, and feelings of isolation or shame.
Geralynn blends cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused techniques to suit each person’s needs. She prioritizes clear, manageable tools that can be used between sessions to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Based in Utah, she holds the LCSW credential which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through a variety of formats to fit different schedules and preferences.
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What Geralynn works with
The areas below are the ones Geralynn selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Geralynn uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT often involves setting small experiments, tracking thoughts and moods, and practicing new responses to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and increase emotional regulation. These practices can be guided in session and practiced between meetings to lower stress and improve focus.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Geralynn will talk through a person’s goals and preferences and recommend an approach or blend of methods. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as needs evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls are useful for interactive skill coaching and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a commute or a short break, and live chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, school, or caregiving obligations and to keep momentum between sessions.
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