About Barbara
Barbara Thomas is a licensed social worker with thirty-three years of clinical experience. She is licensed in Ohio as a Licensed Independent Social Worker and also holds a Licensed Master Social Worker credential. Barbara focuses on stress and anxiety and helps people address related challenges like panic, social anxiety, and trouble concentrating.
She supports people coping with grief and loss, and assists those facing depression or life transitions such as divorce and separation.
Background and approach
She also works with concerns tied to caregiving strain, substance use, and feelings of isolation and loneliness. Communication problems, forgiveness, guilt, and questions of life purpose are additional areas she addresses. Barbara aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through their thoughts and feelings.
Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as clearer ways to handle upsetting moments. She encourages realistic goals and gradual change rather than quick fixes. Her long career includes helping people improve memory and concentration and manage attention difficulties.
That experience informs a steady, supportive approach with clear guidance and tools to try at home. Barbara emphasizes building skills people can use when stress or panic arises. She works in English and practices from Ohio.
The first step is a brief matching process and scheduling so people can find a time that fits their needs.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Barbara uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people manage anxiety and stress in everyday life. One common method involves skills for recognizing and responding to sudden anxiety and panic - learning short breathing and grounding practices and steps to reduce escalation. Another approach emphasizes problem-solving and behavior-focused techniques that break big problems into smaller, doable steps and encourage practice between sessions.Picking the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made as therapy progresses so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like scheduling flexibility and easier access. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging support shorter updates, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving duties, or a busy week.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Michigan
- Languages
- English
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