About Tom
Dr. Tom Barbera uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage anxiety and related concerns. He is a licensed psychologist in Indiana and brings nearly three decades of experience to sessions.
People come to him for stress, sleep problems, mood struggles, and trauma-related symptoms. He explains skills plainly and gives doable homework between appointments. He earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of New Mexico in 1997 and completed an internship focused on health psychology at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio.
Background and approach
Early in his career he served as an Active Duty Air Force psychologist and later joined medical residency faculty in Indiana. More recently he helped start a behavioral care clinic within a regional health system. In meetings he focuses on learning practical coping tools.
Expect symptom monitoring, short reading and writing exercises, and skills practice between sessions. He uses widely studied methods aimed at changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, increasing present-moment awareness, and addressing trauma memories when needed. Dr.
Barbera lists many areas he addresses, including anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts, panic, phobias, sleep problems, chronic pain and caregiver stress. He also supports people dealing with grief, relationship strain, career concerns, and life transitions. His experience includes work within medical and military settings, which informs a clear, structured approach.
Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. People interested in starting are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the listed process. He works in English and holds the Indiana psychologist credential IN Psychologist 20041728A.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Dr. Barbera often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a focused approach that looks at patterns of thinking and behavior. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, test them against reality, and practice new behaviors to reduce anxiety or panic. He also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach present-moment awareness and simple attention skills that can reduce rumination and improve sleep.Choosing the right approach is a process. He will work collaboratively with each person to identify goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what helps most. That shared planning means the work changes over time as symptoms and priorities evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a break or require less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging supports brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or ongoing symptom tracking between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule while using the same therapeutic approaches.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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